8 Bangladeshi nationals deported

Eight Bangladeshi nationals, who had entered India without valid documents, were deported to their country through the international border point at Sutarkandi in Assam's Karimganj district on October 29.

The Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, were deported by following all the required legal procedures.

These people had entered India from different parts of Assam at different times. The police arrested the Bangladeshi nationals from different parts of the state and lodged them at detention camps in the Cachar, Karimganj, and Kamrup districts for the past few years. They identified as Md. Lal Mia alias Mohammad Lal Mia Kazi, Lal Mia alias Lalan Mia, Mohir Uddin, Mohammad bdul Motin, Farid Alom alias Akash, Atabur Rahman, Faima Begum alias Faima and Md. Rahim Mia alias Firdaus.

According to Jiaul Hoque Mazumdar, police Sub-Inspector of Border Branch, "Today we have deported 8 Bangladeshi nationals to Bangladesh. They were arrested in different parts of the state after they entered India without valid documents. Out of eight Bangladeshi nationals, five were arrested in Karimganj district, one in Cachar district and two in Kamrup district."

The authorities from the Indian side had handed them over to Bangladesh authorities.