Calcutta High Court quashes deportations of six persons from Bengal, says bring back both families within 4 weeks

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has struck down the deportation of two families from Birbhum district who were sent to Bangladesh in June, directing the Centre, Delhi Police and West Bengal authorities to secure their return within four weeks.

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Following the verdict, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee posted on X: "Today, the long arm of the law has finally caught up. The Hon'ble Calcutta High Court has held the FRRO (Delhi) detention and deportation order unlawful and directed the immediate repatriation of six people, including the pregnant woman from Birbhum, who were labelled 'Bangladeshi migrants' and expelled... Justice has begun to be served.

Our resolve to protect the dignity, rights and language of the people of Bengal remains unshaken." Banerjee further said that the order exposed a "cruel and systematic campaign of harassment aimed at Bengalis".

Banerjee alleged that the episode highlighted a targeted political agenda by the BJP. "This judgment lays bare a cruel and systematic campaign of harassment aimed at Bengalis by the Bangla-Birodhi BJP," he said.