On eve of final draft of NRC publication, 52 Bangladeshi nationals pushed back from Assam
Guwahati, July 29 (IBNS): A day before the publication of complete draft of the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) on July 30 to detect illegal foreigners residing in Assam, India pushed back 52 Bangladeshi nationals to Bangladesh who entered the country without valid documents.
The 52 Bangladeshi nationals were pushed back to Bangladesh through the international border at Mankachar in lower Assam’s South Salmara Mankachar district on Sunday.
52 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in past years from different locations in Assam and lodged in two detention camps at Tezpur and Goalpara.
The Bangladeshi nationals were caught by security forces after they entered into India without valid documents and were lodged in the detention camps in the state in past 5 years.
The deportation process was conducted at the border check post in presence of top officials of Assam government, Bangladesh government, BSF and Border Guards of Bangladesh.
Rakesh Agarwala, Joint Secretary of Assam Home Department said the 52 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested from different locations of Assam in past five years and they were lodged at two detention centres at Tezpur and Goalpara.
“The deportation process was started after the Assam Home Department had shared information about illegal Bangladeshis with the Ministry of External Affairs and the External Affairs Ministry had discussed with the Bangladesh counterpart. After completing enquiry the Bangladesh government had directed the Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Guwahati to issue travel permit for those people and the travel permit have been issued,” Rakesh Agarwala said.
On the other hand, Raunak Ali Hazarika, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Border of Assam police said that, the Bangladesh government agreed to take the 52 Bangladeshi nationals after conducting proper verification.
“We had deported the 52 Bangladeshi nationals to Bangladesh in presence of top officials of Assam government, Bangladesh government, BSF and Border Guards of Bangladesh,” Raunak Ali Hazarika said.
In past two years, 39 Bangladesh nationals were deported from Assam.
In 2017, 17 Bangladeshi nationals were deported to Bangladesh through the international border in Assam’s Karimganj district.
India had pushed back 5,234 Bangladeshi in 2013, while the figure was 989 in 2014, 474 in 2015 and 308 in 2016.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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