Tezpur (Assam), Jul 3 (PTI) Assam’s Biswanath district magistrate has issued an order to deport a person declared a foreigner to Bangladesh under the ‘Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950’.
The order, issued by District Magistrate Karabi Saikia Karan, stated that according to a report submitted by the superintendent of police (border), Kayam Ansari, a resident of Kherbari village in Sonitpur district, was declared a Bangladeshi citizen and a foreigner by the Foreigners’ Tribunal.
The declared foreigner has been kept at the Matia transit camp in Goalpara district since his arrest on May 28, 2025 and currently, no cases, writ petitions, or other legal proceedings are pending against him in any court.
The order, issued on Thursday, stated that no legal impediment exists to his deportation, and Ansari is directed to leave Assam and proceed to Bangladesh via either the Sribhumi, Dhubri or South Salmara border within 24 hours of receiving the order.
The order further said that if he fails to comply with the directive, the government will take steps for forceful deportation in accordance with the law.
Biswanath SP (border) has also been directed to complete the deportation process immediately and ensure his transfer to Bangladesh in accordance with the law, with the assistance of the authorities concerned, it said.
The district election officer has been asked to remove the declared foreigner’s name from the electoral roll, if included.
The Revenue Department has also been instructed to take action regarding his movable and immovable properties, if necessary, according to existing laws. PTI COR DG DG ACD
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