Deported Pregnant Sunali Khatun Back in India, Recounts 'Torture' in Bangladesh Jail

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News18•07-12-2025, 19:13
Deported Pregnant Sunali Khatun Back in India, Recounts 'Torture' in Bangladesh Jail
- •Pregnant Sunali Khatun, deported to Bangladesh, has returned to India with her son following a Supreme Court directive on humanitarian grounds.
- •Khatun recounted her "torture" experience in a Bangladeshi jail, where she was held for over 100 days as an alleged "infiltrator."
- •She is currently hospitalized in Birbhum for observation until childbirth and expressed concern for her husband and other deportees still in Bangladesh.
- •The Supreme Court intervened after her family's petition, emphasizing humanitarian aspects over immigration technicalities and suggesting citizenship verification via her father's documents.
- •Trinamool Congress MP Samirul Islam, who steered the legal battle, called her return a "victory of the oppressed" and aims to bring back the remaining four deportees.
Why It Matters: Supreme Court intervention protects human rights in deportation cases.
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