14 foreigners arrested
Guwahati. A special team of Assam Police arrested 14 people from different parts of Baksa district, who were earlier declared foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunal. Officials announced this on Saturday. Baksa District Police Commissioner (SP) Ujjal Pratim Barua said that they followed the instructions of the Foreigners Tribunal (FT) and arrested these people. “The tribunal declared them foreigners and we got a list of their names and arrest warrants,” he said. Accordingly, our special group led the operation. Those arrested include nine women and five men. “These include those who were arrested in Assam for illegal entry from Bangladesh by violating visa norms and were classified as foreigners by the Foreigners Court,” police said.
They have been identified as Mohammad Zahoor Ali (79), Sharifa Begum Bibi (76), Siddiq Ali (42), Faziran Begum (65), Anwara Khatoon (50), Must Rahiman Nessa (57), Pariman Nessa alias Kariman (30). Has been done as. , , ), have they been identified as Khaushi Khatoon (38), Mohammad Amjad Ali (72), Maqbool Hussain (60), Mafida Khatoon (52), Hamida Begum (65), Jahanara Khatoon (70) and Maiz Uddin alias Shaiz Uddin. Should be done in the form. 55). Is. According to police, all were shifted to a specially constructed camp in Mathih area of Goalpara district. According to the law, all will eventually be deported to Bangladesh. Meanwhile, many illegal immigrants from Bangladesh have been deported back to their country in recent years.
According to social activist Kamal Chakraborty, Bangladesh accepts only those who have entered India illegally. People classified as Bangladeshi by FT India will never be accepted in the neighboring country. In April 2020, the Supreme Court of India ordered the Assam state government to grant bail to prisoners who had completed their two-year sentences in the camps. Then it was published in large numbers. Last year a big torture camp was opened in Matia. It is officially known as Matia Transit Camp. The 28,800 square meter warehouse was first opened on January 27 last year to accommodate foreigners. Assam Inspector General of Prisons Pabari Gohain said all the prisoners from six camps in the state have been shifted to Matia Transit Camp. According to the police, the illegal immigrants were citizens of Bangladesh, Burma, Senegal and several other African countries.
