A day before publication of an updated draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), around 52 Bangladeshi citizens were sent back to Bangladesh on Sunday from the Mankachar sector on the Assam-Meghalaya-Bangladesh tri-junction.
As per reports, these 52 people were 'convicted foreigners' as opposed to 'declared foreigners' since they had failed in the citizenship test, which was conducted by the foreigners' Tribunals.
Further, the Principal Secretary of Home department LS Changsan stated that they all were convicted by judicial courts as foreigners who crossed the border either by unfair means or were staying in Assam even after expiry of their visas.
''These Bangladeshi nationals were handed over to Bangladesh after completion of their verification process by both the countries,'' the deputy commissioner of South Salmara district told Deccan Chronicle.
Bangladesh helped India in the process
Notably, a few of these Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by the security forces guarding on the India-Bangladesh border after they stepped into India without valid documents. They were sent to different detention camps in the state and they were staying there for the last four to five years.
According to the security sources, Dhaka had sent an officer of its external affairs ministry to examine and complete the process of deportation as most of them were seeking for diplomatic clearance to move back to their own country.
"The intruders were pushed back after the Guwahati-based office of the Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh issued travel permits for them," The Hindu quoted security officials as saying.
Moreover, NRC will be published on Monday i.e. July 30 at 10 a.m. The draft will decide the fate of 3.29 crore applicants since it will help in verifying genuine citizens from illegal migrants.
Further, the Cr.PC's Section 144 was imposed in seven 'sensitive' districts on Sunday, prohibiting the movement of people in a group consisting more than four members.
