Deported Sunali Khatun, son will be brought back from B'desh: Centre tells Supreme Court

The Central Government on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it will bring back Sunali Khatun — a pregnant woman deported to Bangladesh — along with her eight-year-old son Sabir, agreeing to do so purely on humanitarian grounds.

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Meanwhile, at a rally in Malda on Wednesday, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that Sunali, despite holding Indian documents, had been “pushed back” by the BSE. She credited her party, the Trinamool Congress, with taking up the matter to secure Sunali’s return.

“How are Indian citizens being labelled Bangladeshi? Was Sonali Khatun Bangladeshi? She was Indian. Despite her having Indian [documents], you pushed her to Bangladesh by the Border Security Force,’ she said, targeting the Centre.