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an hour ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Government Deportations Leave Families Of Bengali Migrants In Deep Distress
Murarai: Sixty-something Bhodu Sheikh sat on the porch of his ramshackle hut in Dorjee Para, a settlement tucked away in one corner of Paikar village in the Muslim-majority Murarai assembly constituency of West Bengal's Birbhum district, with a blank look in his eyes. More than the rickety body that shrank further during the cough bouts from his debilitating asthma, Bhodu's overt signs of resignation to fate seemed expedited by his total ignorance of the current whereabouts of his daughter, Sonali, and five-year-old grandson Sabir, who along with his son-in law, Danesh, were picked up by Delhi Police from the Bengali Basti in Sector 26, Rohini, last month and pushed to Bangladesh. They were deported following orders from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Delhi police had said. The family, Bhodu said, lived in Delhi for nearly 25 years, where Danesh worked as a ragpicker and waste collector. They were targeted, among hundreds of other basti dwellers, because they spoke Bangla and were most vulnerable to being branded as 'Bangladeshis', he alleged. "I was born in this village," Bhodu claimed, "and so was my daughter. My grandson was born in Delhi". Sonali's brother, Suraj Sheikh, alleged that they paid a lawyer Rs 30,000 after he promised to get his sister and her family released, only to learn later that they had been sent to Bangladesh. "We came home for the Qurbani Eid festival, but now we are too frightened to go back," Suraj's wife, Seema, chipped in. To support his claim that his sister is now in some unknown location in Bangladesh, Suraj played a Facebook video, the authenticity of which PTI could not independently verify, where Sonali and her family, along with three others, and plead with folded hands for help. About a kilometre away in Fakirpara in Paikar, a fledgling rural hamlet that comes alive every Tuesday on account of a cattle trading market that sits there, 30-year-old Amir Khan had a similar story to share. Amir alleged that his sister, Sweety Bibi and her two sons, Qurban Sheikh (16) and Imam Dewan (6), were detained by Delhi Police from the same neighbourhood as Sonali and then deported to Bangladesh on June 27. "My sister worked as a domestic help in that area. She was living in Delhi since she was 12 and wasn't at home when police raided, so they took her elder son instead. When she reached the police station looking for Qurban, they arrested her as well. She furnished Aadhaar cards as proof of their permanent address in Birbhum, which the police dismissed," Amir said. "She had Qurban's birth certificate at home but she couldn't produce it since a devastating fire at the shanty barely days before the raids began had destroyed documents. We, however, have Imam's document here," Amir said, holding up the state health department certificate, which states that Imam was born at the Murarai rural hospital on January 1, 2020. In the purported Facebook video, Sweety alleged that the police beat them up and coerced them into medical examinations and biometric tests before transporting them to Bangladesh. "We haven't heard from them for nearly a month now. We have no idea where they are and how they are living through this in an unknown land," said Mahida Bibi, Sweety's mother, her voice trembling. She claimed Sweety was born at the very house where she stood that once belonged to her grandmother. "We will fight against this till the very end, both politically and legally," said Samirul Islam, TMC Rajya Sabha MP and a local from Murarai, while marching with his party supremo Mamata Banerjee in her 'Bhasha Andolan' protest rally in Bolpur against alleged 'linguistic terror' unleashed on migrant Bengalis by the saffron camp. In a post on X, Islam published photographs of what he claimed were land documents of Sweety's maternal and paternal grandfathers and Sonali's paternal great grandfather - all dated between 1950s, to the 1970s. "Anyone in the BJP who can actually read them will understand that these women are far more Indian than the loudmouth BJP touts slandering them," he wrote. The IIT, Delhi postgraduate informed PTI that he awaited results of the legal battles on the issue pending before the high courts of Calcutta and Delhi. "We will move the Supreme Court, if required," he said. Islam maintained that not just Muslims, but migrant backward class Hindus, like the Namashudra Matuas and Rajbanshis, are also being subjected to similar harassments of detention and deportation. In the Jharkhand bordering village of Kahinagar, Ataul Sheikh (16) and his neighbour, Marjan (17), narrated their ordeal of being held at an Odisha government detention camp earlier this month. "We had gone to Jharsuguda to work as masons in a construction project. On July 8, police came knocking on our doors at 1 a.m. We were first taken to the local police station and then moved to a room at a local college hostel where I was confined for four days," said Ataul, adding that his brother Satabul, too, was held. Marjan, who was detained for two additional days, claimed he saw some 250 migrant workers, all Bengali-speaking, locked up in the camp. "Do only Bangladeshis speak Bengali? Doesn't a significant number of Indians speak that language?" asked Chandni Bibi, Marjan's sister-in law. "By that logic, every Bengali-speaking citizen in Kolkata should also be arrested. It seems we must learn to speak in English now," she quipped.
The Print
8 hours ago
- The Print
Families of Bengali migrants deported to Bangladesh stare at endless uncertainty
They were deported following orders from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Delhi police had said. More than the rickety body that shrank further during the cough bouts from his debilitating asthma, Bhodu's overt signs of resignation to fate seemed expedited by his total ignorance of the current whereabouts of his daughter, Sonali, and five-year-old grandson Sabir, who along with his son-in law, Danesh, were picked up by Delhi Police from the Bengali Basti in Sector 26, Rohini, last month and pushed to Bangladesh. Murarai (WB), Jul 30 (PTI) Sixty-something Bhodu Sheikh sat on the porch of his ramshackle hut in Dorjee Para, a settlement tucked away in one corner of Paikar village in the Muslim-majority Murarai assembly constituency of West Bengal's Birbhum district, with a blank look in his eyes. The family, Bhodu said, lived in Delhi for nearly 25 years, where Danesh worked as a ragpicker and waste collector. They were targeted, among hundreds of other basti dwellers, because they spoke Bangla and were most vulnerable to being branded as 'Bangladeshis', he alleged. 'I was born in this village,' Bhodu claimed, 'and so was my daughter. My grandson was born in Delhi'. Sonali's brother, Suraj Sheikh, alleged that they paid a lawyer Rs 30,000 after he promised to get his sister and her family released, only to learn later that they had been sent to Bangladesh. 'We came home for the Qurbani Eid festival, but now we are too frightened to go back,' Suraj's wife, Seema, chipped in. To support his claim that his sister is now in some unknown location in Bangladesh, Suraj played a Facebook video, the authenticity of which PTI could not independently verify, where Sonali and her family, along with three others, and plead with folded hands for help. About a kilometre away in Fakirpara in Paikar, a fledgling rural hamlet that comes alive every Tuesday on account of a cattle trading market that sits there, 30-year-old Amir Khan had a similar story to share. Amir alleged that his sister, Sweety Bibi and her two sons, Qurban Sheikh (16) and Imam Dewan (6), were detained by Delhi Police from the same neighbourhood as Sonali and then deported to Bangladesh on June 27. 'My sister worked as a domestic help in that area. She was living in Delhi since she was 12 and wasn't at home when police raided, so they took her elder son instead. When she reached the police station looking for Qurban, they arrested her as well. She furnished Aadhaar cards as proof of their permanent address in Birbhum, which the police dismissed,' Amir said. 'She had Qurban's birth certificate at home but she couldn't produce it since a devastating fire at the shanty barely days before the raids began had destroyed documents. We, however, have Imam's document here,' Amir said, holding up the state health department certificate, which states that Imam was born at the Murarai rural hospital on January 1, 2020. In the purported Facebook video, Sweety alleged that the police beat them up and coerced them into medical examinations and biometric tests before transporting them to Bangladesh. 'We haven't heard from them for nearly a month now. We have no idea where they are and how they are living through this in an unknown land,' said Mahida Bibi, Sweety's mother, her voice trembling. She claimed Sweety was born at the very house where she stood that once belonged to her grandmother. 'We will fight against this till the very end, both politically and legally,' said Samirul Islam, TMC Rajya Sabha MP and a local from Murarai, while marching with his party supremo Mamata Banerjee in her 'Bhasha Andolan' protest rally in Bolpur against alleged 'linguistic terror' unleashed on migrant Bengalis by the saffron camp. In a post on X, Islam published photographs of what he claimed were land documents of Sweety's maternal and paternal grandfathers and Sonali's paternal great grandfather – all dated between 1950s, to the 1970s. 'Anyone in the BJP who can actually read them will understand that these women are far more Indian than the loudmouth BJP touts slandering them,' he wrote. The IIT, Delhi postgraduate informed PTI that he awaited results of the legal battles on the issue pending before the high courts of Calcutta and Delhi. 'We will move the Supreme Court, if required,' he said. Islam maintained that not just Muslims, but migrant backward class Hindus, like the Namashudra Matuas and Rajbanshis, are also being subjected to similar harassments of detention and deportation. In the Jharkhand bordering village of Kahinagar, Ataul Sheikh (16) and his neighbour, Marjan (17), narrated their ordeal of being held at an Odisha government detention camp earlier this month. 'We had gone to Jharsuguda to work as masons in a construction project. On July 8, police came knocking on our doors at 1 a.m. We were first taken to the local police station and then moved to a room at a local college hostel where I was confined for four days,' said Ataul, adding that his brother Satabul, too, was held. Marjan, who was detained for two additional days, claimed he saw some 250 migrant workers, all Bengali-speaking, locked up in the camp. 'Do only Bangladeshis speak Bengali? Doesn't a significant number of Indians speak that language?' asked Chandni Bibi, Marjan's sister-in law. 'By that logic, every Bengali-speaking citizen in Kolkata should also be arrested. It seems we must learn to speak in English now,' she quipped. PTI SMY RG This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Time of India
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Families of Bengali migrants deported to Bangladesh stare at endless uncertainty
Sixty-something Bhodu Sheikh sat on the porch of his ramshackle hut in Dorjee Para, a settlement tucked away in one corner of Paikar village in the Muslim-majority Murarai assembly constituency of West Bengal's Birbhum district, with a blank look in his eyes. More than the rickety body that shrank further during the cough bouts from his debilitating asthma, Bhodu's overt signs of resignation to fate seemed expedited by his total ignorance of the current whereabouts of his daughter, Sonali, and five-year-old grandson Sabir, who along with his son-in law, Danesh, were picked up by Delhi Police from the Bengali Basti in Sector 26, Rohini, last month and pushed to Bangladesh. They were deported following orders from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Delhi police had said. The family, Bhodu said, lived in Delhi for nearly 25 years, where Danesh worked as a ragpicker and waste collector. They were targeted, among hundreds of other basti dwellers, because they spoke Bangla and were most vulnerable to being branded as 'Bangladeshis', he alleged. "I was born in this village," Bhodu claimed, "and so was my daughter. My grandson was born in Delhi". Live Events Sonali's brother, Suraj Sheikh, alleged that they paid a lawyer Rs 30,000 after he promised to get his sister and her family released, only to learn later that they had been sent to Bangladesh. "We came home for the Qurbani Eid festival, but now we are too frightened to go back," Suraj's wife, Seema, chipped in. To support his claim that his sister is now in some unknown location in Bangladesh, Suraj played a Facebook video, the authenticity of which PTI could not independently verify, where Sonali and her family, along with three others, and plead with folded hands for help. About a kilometre away in Fakirpara in Paikar, a fledgling rural hamlet that comes alive every Tuesday on account of a cattle trading market that sits there, 30-year-old Amir Khan had a similar story to share. Amir alleged that his sister, Sweety Bibi and her two sons, Qurban Sheikh (16) and Imam Dewan (6), were detained by Delhi Police from the same neighbourhood as Sonali and then deported to Bangladesh on June 27. "My sister worked as a domestic help in that area. She was living in Delhi since she was 12 and wasn't at home when police raided, so they took her elder son instead. When she reached the police station looking for Qurban, they arrested her as well. She furnished Aadhaar cards as proof of their permanent address in Birbhum, which the police dismissed," Amir said. "She had Qurban's birth certificate at home but she couldn't produce it since a devastating fire at the shanty barely days before the raids began had destroyed documents. We, however, have Imam's document here," Amir said, holding up the state health department certificate, which states that Imam was born at the Murarai rural hospital on January 1, 2020. In the purported Facebook video, Sweety alleged that the police beat them up and coerced them into medical examinations and biometric tests before transporting them to Bangladesh. "We haven't heard from them for nearly a month now. We have no idea where they are and how they are living through this in an unknown land," said Mahida Bibi, Sweety's mother, her voice trembling. She claimed Sweety was born at the very house where she stood that once belonged to her grandmother. "We will fight against this till the very end, both politically and legally," said Samirul Islam, TMC Rajya Sabha MP and a local from Murarai, while marching with his party supremo Mamata Banerjee in her 'Bhasha Andolan' protest rally in Bolpur against alleged 'linguistic terror' unleashed on migrant Bengalis by the saffron camp. In a post on X, Islam published photographs of what he claimed were land documents of Sweety's maternal and paternal grandfathers and Sonali's paternal great grandfather - all dated between 1950s, to the 1970s. "Anyone in the BJP who can actually read them will understand that these women are far more Indian than the loudmouth BJP touts slandering them," he wrote. The IIT, Delhi postgraduate informed PTI that he awaited results of the legal battles on the issue pending before the high courts of Calcutta and Delhi. "We will move the Supreme Court, if required," he said. Islam maintained that not just Muslims, but migrant backward class Hindus, like the Namashudra Matuas and Rajbanshis, are also being subjected to similar harassments of detention and deportation . In the Jharkhand bordering village of Kahinagar, Ataul Sheikh (16) and his neighbour, Marjan (17), narrated their ordeal of being held at an Odisha government detention camp earlier this month. "We had gone to Jharsuguda to work as masons in a construction project. On July 8, police came knocking on our doors at 1 a.m. We were first taken to the local police station and then moved to a room at a local college hostel where I was confined for four days," said Ataul, adding that his brother Satabul, too, was held. Marjan, who was detained for two additional days, claimed he saw some 250 migrant workers, all Bengali-speaking, locked up in the camp. "Do only Bangladeshis speak Bengali? Doesn't a significant number of Indians speak that language?" asked Chandni Bibi, Marjan's sister-in law. "By that logic, every Bengali-speaking citizen in Kolkata should also be arrested. It seems we must learn to speak in English now," she quipped.
News18
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Sexy! Sonali Raut Raises Temperature In A Black Dress, Hot Photo Goes Viral
Sonali later made her Bollywood debut in the 2014 film 'The Xpose,' alongside Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Honey Singh. Actress Sonali Raut has set social media ablaze with her latest photo. She is seen wearing a plunging black dress that has fans drooling. The photo has gone viral, drawing praise for her daring style. Sonali Raut enjoys a huge fan following. Sonali Raut often shared hot photos on her social handle. This time also the actress also raised the temperature in an all black outfit. She is seen posing with cleavage flaunting. Her makeup game is also up to the mark. One of the fans wrote, 'Beautiful." Another wrote, 'Sexy". Sonali Raut shares a series of photos and wrote, 'black-magic". Immediately, fans reacted and dropped heart emojis in the caption. One of the fans wrote, 'Beautiful Sonali." Another wrote, 'Wow so charming black looking my fav cutie beauty…" Recently, Sonali shared a series of photos in which she is seen flaunting her cleavage. The actress opted for subtle makeup and fans were also seen reacting. Many dropped heart and fire emojis in the comment section. Recently, the actress took to social media to share a carousel of dazzling photos from Artist Cottages, Morjim, Goa, captioned: 'Everyday I'm Sparkling!!!" Dressed in a shimmering silver gown that perfectly hugs her frame, Sonali oozes charm and poise in every frame. The halter-neck sequined outfit, paired with glittering statement earrings, silver bracelets, and classic black heels, gives off major red carpet vibes. Her wavy locks, dramatic eye makeup, and subtle nude lips further enhance the elegance of the look. Known for her bold persona and striking fashion choices, Sonali Raut continues to redefine digital glamour with every new post. Whether it's her fashion-forward red carpet appearances or candid behind-the-scenes glimpses from her shoots, the actress has steadily carved a niche for herself on social media. Her rise to fame can be traced back to her appearance in the 2010 Kingfisher Calendar when she was just 19. Sonali later made her Bollywood debut in the 2014 film 'The Xpose,' alongside Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Honey Singh. Her acting career further expanded with roles in Great Grand Masti' and the web series 'Dangerous,' which starred Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu, directed by Bhushan Patel, and produced by Mika Singh. First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
New Indian Express
11 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Odisha man kills wife, mother-in-law; buries bodies and plants trees over them
BARIPADA: In what seems to be inspired by the plot of Malayalam blockbuster film Drishyam, a 32-year-old man of Mayurbhanj allegedly killed his wife and mother-in-law. He buried their bodies in his lemon orchard before planting banana trees at the site to hide the crime for over two weeks. Accused Debashis Patra, an ICDS worker, was arrested from Bada Nuagaon village under Kuliana police limits on Tuesday evening. The murder had taken place on July 12. Bodies of Patra's wife Sonali Dalai (25) and his mother-in-law Sumata Dalai were exhumed from the garden during afternoon hours. The heinous crime angered the locals so much that they resisted his arrest and wanted to teach Patra a lesson. Reinforcement was sent to escort him to the police station. Investigation revealed the 32-year-old even registered a missing person complaint with Kuliana police station on July 25 to mislead investigation. Sonali was Patra's second wife. They had married three years ago and have a one-year-old son. However, there were disputes between the couple and Sonali was staying at her parent's place in Ambdubi village under Shamakhunta block for some months.
