4 Bengal men pushed into Bangladesh despite citizenship proof, brought back
Four men from West Bengal, who were pushed into Bangladesh on allegations of being undocumented migrants by the Border Security Force, were brought back on Sunday, the state police said.
The four persons were after the Murshidabad Police in West Bengal presented proof of them being Indian citizens.
Mehbub Sheikh, a who had been living in Mira Road near Mumbai for work, was detained by the Maharashtra Police on allegations of being an undocumented Bangladeshi migrant, and pushed into the neighbouring country on Saturday, The Indian Express
The West Bengal government said that the 36-year-old mason was pushed into Bangladesh even though the West Bengal Police and the state’s Migrant Welfare Board had furnished documents proving that he was an Indian citizen.
The 36-year-old’s family said he had been living in Maharashtra for the past two years, and had been staying in the Mira Road area of Thane district, according to The Indian Express
Sheikh was taken into custody on the suspicion of being a Bangladeshi on June 11 while he was drinking tea in Mira Road, and was taken to the city’s Kanakia police station, his younger brother Mujibur said.
“He called us from Kanakia...