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Five Dhobokata Residents Ordered to Leave Assam
Five people from Dhobokata village in Sonitpur district have been ordered to leave Assam within 24 hours.
A tribunal declared them as 'foreigners' based on references from the police.
They must leave through specific routes, or the government will take further action.
Sonitpur Foreigners Tribunal declared five individuals as 'Declared Foreigners'
District administration ordered them to leave Assam within 24 hours
Expulsion order issued under Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950
Failure to comply may result in further government action
Individuals must leave via Dhubri, Sribhumi, or South Salmara-Mankachar route
- Who
- Musst Hanufa, Amjad Ali, Mariyam Nessa, Fatema, Monowara, and their respective husbands
- What
- Ordered to leave Assam
- Where
- Dhubri, Sribhumi, or South Salmara-Mankachar route
- When
- Within 24 hours of receiving the expulsion order
- Why
- Declared as 'foreigners' by the Sonitpur Foreigners Tribunal
Key facts
- Act
- Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950
- Ordered by
- Sonitpur District Commissioner Ananda Kumar Das
- Tribunal
- Foreigners Tribunal no. 2, Sonitpur
- Reference year
- 2006
- Village
- Dhobokata, Jamugurihat Police Station, Sonitpur district
Quotes
Ananda Kumar Das, Sonitpur’s District Commissioner
“"…being a declared foreigner, your presence in India/Assam is detrimental to the interest of the general public and also for the internal security of the State," the orders read, directing them to remove themselves "from the territory of Assam, India, within 24 hours from receiving this order via the Dhubri/Sribhumi/South Salmara-Mankachar route"”
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Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam
“"The Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, empowers the administration to deport illegal immigrants directly and immediately, without the need to approach the tribunals."”
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Sources
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