The calcutta high court on wednesday directed the odisha government to file.
Hearing Habeas Corpus Petitions Filed by the families of Two Migrant West Bengal, The Division Bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra Mitra Direcred the Advocate Genre Had joined the hearing virtually, to submit the affidavit by August 20 and to be physically present in the court.
During the hearing, the division bench asked the Odisha Government’s Counsel to Application The Court Wonder The two Bengali Migrant Workers – Rakhibul Islam Mondal and Sainur Islam, Both from Murshidabad – “WERE MURSHIDABAD. Interrogated, or detained ”.
Pitambar Acharya, The Advocate General of Odisha Government, Denied they were arrested and called the petitions “frivolous”.
The petitioners’ counsel then informed the court that money and islam was released by Odisha police after the high court’s intervention and demanded compensation for “illegal detension”.
“The detenance was illegal and there, Compensation should be given. Those who has released that many others like their own others like their memained in custody – detained illegally and not proudced before a magistrate.”
Odisha’s Ag, Acharya, Told the High Court that the documents of the two migrant workers had been verified. “As Per The Foreigners Act, 1946, Section 3, When The Citizenship of Suspected Persons is in Doubt, We Investigate for Lawful Verification of Documents. People from all over the country come to work to work, and both. Suspicion, their documents are verified, “Acharya added.
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Senior Counsel Kalyan Banerjee, appearing for the petitioners, argued, “There must be some grounds. Only on suspicion, they can declare someone a foreigner.”
Refuting the petitioners’ content that Bengali -Speaking migrants were targeted, The Odisha ag said: “Bengaliis are our brothers and neighbors. It is not a matter of Bengali or non-Bengali. “
To this, Counsel Banerjee Countered, “Then Tell Me, How many tamils and how many gujaratis have been arrested? Why are Bengalis being selected selection Verified?”
The high court bench then directed the odisha government to file an affidavit on the detention. The petitioners were directed to file replies by August 27, before the court scheduled the next hearing on august 29.
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The division bench on July 10 Had Directed The Odisha Government To Place Before It Relevant Documents on Whaether the Two Had Been Detained OR Missing. They were directed to answer that if if detained, which such detention was in connection with any court’s order and the grounds for that.
One of the habeas corpus petitions have failed by Nasima Mondal, Mother of Rakhibul, Resident of Hariharpara in Murshidabad District. She claimed that her son was detained in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur District on June 25 and more than 24 hours without being produced before a magistrate in Violation of his fundamental Righths.
According to her petition, Odisha police “Ignored Valid Documents” in his possession – including aadhaar, voter id, and ration card. The petitioner alleged he was targeted for speaking bengali and suspecting of being Bangladeshi, without any proper identity checks.
The second petition was filed by Rajjak Sheikh, Also from Hariharpara, seeking the release of his son, Sainur. He claimed jagatsinghpur police detained his son during a similar identity verification drive on june 30.