The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Union government’s response to a plea filed by the son of a woman who was forced into Bangladesh without any verification.
Sahida Fakir, who hails from Gobindapur in West Bengal and had been working in Mumbai for about 20 years, was detained on July 19 on “suspicion of being an illegal immigrant”, her son’s lawyer told Scroll.
The petitioner said that Fakir was kept in custody for more than 100 hours before being produced before a judicial magistrate. He alleged that she was neither informed of the grounds for her detention nor allowed to communicate with her family.
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Five days later, she was handed over to the Border Security Force, which allegedly forced her across the international border into Bangladesh, the petition said.
Fakir managed to contact her family on July 31 after being provided temporary shelter in Bangladesh on humanitarian grounds.
The petition stated that her forced deportation violated Articles 14, 21 and 22 of the Constitution, which guarantee equality before the law, protection of life and personal liberty, and safeguards against arbitrary arrest and detention.
It also included several documents cited as evidence of her Indian citizenship, including a...
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