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The Hindu
19-06-2025
- The Hindu
26 Bangladeshi nationals employed in textile export unit in Tiruppur arrested for staying without necessary documents
Twenty six Bangladeshi nationals were arrested from a textile export unit near Palladam in Tiruppur district for staying without the necessary documents, in a surprise operation by a team of Q Branch police. Acting on a tip-off that Bangladeshi nationals were among the workforce mostly consisting of youths from states in Northern part of India, a team rounded up the labourers at the end of duty hours and handed them over to the Palladam police. Of them, 20 workers had joined work five months ago and the remaining six had been with the export unit for the last three years, police sources said, adding that more number of workers of Bangladesh origin were likely to be arrested. Bogus documents were seized from six workers. The arrest of the 26 workers was effected under the Foreigners Act of 1946. This is the second time a large number of Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Tiruppur district this year. In an operation by the jurisdictional police and Coimbatore unit of Anti-Terrorist Squad during January, 31 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested - 28 from Palladam limits, and the rest from the limits of Veerapandi and Nallur police stations.
NDTV
30-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Gauhati High Court Asks Assam To Disclose Whereabouts Of 'Foreigner' Brothers
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to disclose the whereabouts of two brothers declared as foreigners by a tribunal, amid growing concerns over alleged arbitrary detentions and fears of illegal pushbacks across the border, officials said on Friday. A division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Malasri Nandi issued the directive on Thursday while hearing a writ petition filed by the brothers' nephew, Torap Ali. The petitioner claimed that his uncles - Abu Bakkar Siddik and Akbar Ali - were taken into custody by officers from Nagarbera police station in Kamrup district on May 25, and their family has since been kept in the dark about their status. The court has scheduled the next hearing for June 4. Torap Ali alleged that his uncles are at risk of being "illegally pushed into Bangladesh" without exhausting all legal remedies available to them. He contended that the authorities had withheld crucial information regarding the brothers' detention. Responding to the petition, state counsel J. Payeng informed the court that Siddik and Ali are currently in the custody of the Assam Border Police. The two brothers were declared foreigners by a Foreigners Tribunal in 2017, after failing to furnish documents proving that they or their ancestors entered India before the March 24, 1971, cut-off date established by the 1985 Assam Accord. They were subsequently held at the Goalpara detention camp but were granted bail in 2020, following a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the release of detainees who had been in custody for more than two years. The petitioner argued that any attempt to deport the duo without a conclusive legal determination constitutes a violation of their fundamental rights under the Constitution. Foreigners Tribunals - quasi-judicial bodies established under the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964 - operate primarily in Assam to determine the citizenship status of individuals under the Foreigners Act of 1946. Currently, the state has 100 such tribunals functioning, especially in connection with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and related immigration matters.
Hans India
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Gauhati HC seeks Assam govt's response on whereabouts of detained brothers declared 'foreigners'
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to disclose the whereabouts of two brothers declared as foreigners by a tribunal, amid growing concerns over alleged arbitrary detentions and fears of illegal pushbacks across the border, officials said on Friday. A division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Malasri Nandi issued the directive on Thursday while hearing a writ petition filed by the brothers' nephew, Torap Ali. The petitioner claimed that his uncles - Abu Bakkar Siddik and Akbar Ali - were taken into custody by officers from Nagarbera police station in Kamrup district on May 25, and their family has since been kept in the dark about their status. The court has scheduled the next hearing for June 4. Torap Ali alleged that his uncles are at risk of being "illegally pushed into Bangladesh" without exhausting all legal remedies available to them. He contended that the authorities had withheld crucial information regarding the brothers' detention. Responding to the petition, state counsel J. Payeng informed the court that Siddik and Ali are currently in the custody of the Assam Border Police. The two brothers were declared foreigners by a Foreigners Tribunal in 2017, after failing to furnish documents proving that they or their ancestors entered India before the March 24, 1971, cut-off date established by the 1985 Assam Accord. They were subsequently held at the Goalpara detention camp but were granted bail in 2020, following a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the release of detainees who had been in custody for more than two years. The petitioner argued that any attempt to deport the duo without a conclusive legal determination constitutes a violation of their fundamental rights under the Constitution. Foreigners Tribunals — quasi-judicial bodies established under the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964 — operate primarily in Assam to determine the citizenship status of individuals under the Foreigners Act of 1946. Currently, the state has 100 such tribunals functioning, especially in connection with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and related immigration matters.
Hindustan Times
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
HC issues notice to Assam govt to provide details on 'declared foreigners'
Guwahati, The Gauhati High Court has issued notice to the Assam government directing it to provide details on the whereabouts of two brothers, declared foreigners by a tribunal, and on the ''arbitrary arrest of declared foreigners who are apprehending illegal push back''. A Division bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Malasri Nandi on Thursday directed the state government to give details about the whereabouts of Abu Bakkar Siddik and his brother Akbar Ali who were detained by the officials of the Nagarbera police station in Kamrup district on May 25. The court has posted the next date of hearing on June 4. The court was hearing a writ petition filed by the duo's nephew Torap Ali who claimed that his family apprehends both his uncles ''may be in danger of being illegally pushed into Bangladesh''. The petitioner claimed that the authorities have refused to give details of the whereabouts of the two brothers since May 25 when they were called to the police station. During the hearing, the state counsel J Payeng said that Siddik and Ali have been detained and are now in the custody of Assam Border police. In 2017, the brothers were sent to the detention camp in Goalpara after they were declared foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunal as they failed to provide documents to prove that they or their forefathers had come to the country before March 24, 1971, the cut-off decided by the 1985 Assam Accord. They were released on bail in 2020 following the Supreme Court's directive that those who are in detention for over two years may be released on bail. The petitioner claimed that the two men did not get an opportunity to take recourse to all legal remedies available to them under the law and to ''push back before such determination is conclusive amounts to arbitrary deprivation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution''. Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, particularly in Assam, established to determine if a person residing in India is a "foreigner" as defined by the Foreigners Act of 1946, based on the Foreigners Order of 1964. These tribunals are designed to address matters related to citizenship and the presence of foreigners in India, specifically focusing on cases where someone is suspected of being an illegal immigrant. The Foreigners Order, of 1964, is applicable nationwide. The Foreigners Tribunals are primarily associated with and functioning in Assam, particularly in the context of the National Register of Citizens and related issues. There are 100 Foreigners Tribunals across the state.
