Central Jail Silchar. File picture
Silchar, Oct 12: Ten Bangladeshi nationals, lodged in the detention camp at Central Jail Silchar for allegedly entering India without valid papers, will be deported to their country tomorrow.
Cachar deputy commissioner S. Viswanathan told The Telegraph today that the Bangladeshi citizens, including a woman and two children, would be deported through the Karimganj border, 51km from here.
"It's a fallout of the discussion held at a conference of deputy commissioners and district magistrates of the bordering districts of India and Bangladesh at Moulvibazar in the neighbouring country last year. We discussed the matter of these Bangladeshi citizens who have been here for the past many years and handed over a list of their names to our Bangladeshi counterparts. After verification, the Bangladesh government agreed to take them back," he said.
The date of deportation was fixed in consultation with the state home department, he added.
The Bangladeshi citizens are Samim Ahmed of Binnapara village, Basudeb Roy of Madhudutta village, Sablu Ahmed of Sunacha village, Enam Uddin of Ayar village, Anowar Hussain of Khadiman village, Azim Uddin of Pilaikandi village, Shyamal Paul of Maizkandi village and Archana Biswas of Malargram village - all in Sylhet district. Dash's two minor sons, Gopal, 4, and Gobindo, 7, will also be deported.
Sources said Biswas was arrested with her two sons around two years back from Paddalal village in Karimganj district after she entered India without any passport. She has been living in the detention camp at Central Jail Silchar since then.
An article published in The Telegraph on September 27, 2016 had highlighted the plight of 46 nationals of Bangladesh and eight of Myanmar who have been languishing in the central jail for the past many years despite completion of their sentence.
Superintendent of Central Jail Silchar Harendra Kalita told this correspondent this afternoon that the 10 Bangladeshis would start from here at 5am. They are likely to be deported through the border at Sutarkandi in Karimganj district at 10am.
"We will hand them over to Karimganj police tomorrow morning," he added.
Asked about the other "illegal migrants" locked up in the jail, Kalita said they had been communicating with the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments for deportation of these people.
Sadhan Purkayastha, secretary general of the Citizens' Rights Preservation Committee, which has been fighting for deportation of these people, hailed the move and said: "Tomorrow will be a great day for the family members of these 10 people."
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