Six migrant workers from Bengal were arrested in Delhi’s Rohini area on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals. They were subsequently deported to Bangladesh, where they were apprehended by the Bangladeshi police on suspicion of being infiltrators. Currently, they are incarcerated in a Bangladeshi jail. The families of these six migrant workers have appealed to the state government for intervention to secure their return. The families allege that the Bangladeshi police arrested them from Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh, a few days prior, suspecting them of illegal entry.
Following their arrest, they were presented before a Bangladeshi court and are now in jail. Family sources indicate that their homes are in Birbhum. Sonali Khatun, along with her husband Danish Sheikh and their five-year-old son Sabir Sheikh, resided in Rohini Sector 26, Delhi, for work purposes. Sonali is eight months pregnant. She was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 17th. All of them are residents of Birbhum, Bengal.
They were later sent to Bangladesh on the 26th of the same month. Similarly, Sweety Bibi, a resident of Dhitra village under Murarai police station, and her two sons were also arrested by the Delhi Police and deported to Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi police took action and arrested them in Nawabganj, Bangladesh, on suspicion of infiltration. The Bangladeshi police have filed charges under the Passport-Foreign Act.
