On eve of NRC draft, 52 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants pushed back

29 July 2018:

On the eve of the publication of “complete draft” of National Register of Citizens (NRC), 52 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were pushed back to the neighbouring country through South Salmara-Mancachar district on Sunday.

The police said their cases were not handled by the foreigners’ tribunals.

“Altogether 52 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were sent back to Bangladesh today (Sunday). All of them were declared foreigners. They had entered the country illegally and were arrested over a period of time from different parts of the state,” South Salmara-Mancachar Superintendent of Police, Amrit Bhuyan, told InsideNe.

He said travel permits were issued by the Guwahati-based office of Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh for the immigrants’ movement inside Bangladesh.