Pregnant Sunali Khatun Returns to India After SC 'Nudge'

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News18•06-12-2025, 05:58
Pregnant Sunali Khatun Returns to India After SC 'Nudge'
- •Pregnant Sunali Khatun, previously deported to Bangladesh, returned to India with her son via the Mahadipur border.
- •Her return followed a Supreme Court "nudge" to the central government to allow reentry on humanitarian grounds.
- •Khatun and her family were deported in June on allegations of being infiltrators, leading to their arrest in Bangladesh.
- •The Supreme Court prioritized humanitarian concerns and suggested verifying her citizenship through her father's documents.
- •The Ministry of External Affairs and Home Affairs coordinated her return, and she was reunited with family and taken for medical examination.
Why It Matters: SC intervention highlights humanitarian concerns in deportation cases.
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