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A recent report by the Mumbai-based Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has raised alarming concerns about India allegedly forcing its own citizens across the border into Bangladesh, labeling them as foreigners. The report highlights that hundreds of Indian citizens, primarily from Assam, are being targeted, detained, and pushed into Bangladesh without proper legal procedures.
According to the CJP, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and local police have been conducting operations since May 23 across Assam’s 33 districts, detaining approximately 300 individuals without formal charges, notices, or documented cases. The report states that around 150 of these detainees were later released, but unverified sources claim at least 145 others were pushed into no-man’s-land along the border. Many of these individuals were reportedly still fighting legal battles to prove their Indian citizenship.
The CJP report, supported by interviews with six women from Assam—Hajera Khatun, Sona Banu, Rahima Begum, Jahanara Begum, Asifa Begum, and Sahera Khatun—along with inputs from local journalists and activists, reveals that women, children, and men, particularly from impoverished and working-class communities, are being specifically targeted. Some of these individuals had been declared foreigners by legal tribunals, while others were either on bail or in the process of proving their citizenship.
The report further notes that these actions are being carried out without formal deportation orders or bilateral repatriation agreements, leaving families in a state of extreme uncertainty. On June 1, Bangladesh reportedly pushed back many of these individuals, refusing to accept them as citizens.
The CJP has condemned these actions, highlighting the lack of transparency and legal recourse for the affected individuals. The organization calls for immediate attention to the plight of these citizens, who are caught in a precarious situation, stripped of their rights and pushed into a legal limbo.
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