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A ample assemblage welcomed Sunali Khatun with flowers arsenic she returned to her ancestral location successful Birbhum’s Paikar successful West Bengal connected Saturday (December 6, 2025), astir 5 months aft she was ‘forced’ into Bangladesh.
“There is thing similar one’s ain country,” said nine-month-pregnant Sunali arsenic she was taken to Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital pursuing a little enactment astatine home. Sunali had entered India from Malda borderline connected Friday evening and reached Paikar connected Saturday.
“The constabulary did not torture america determination (in Bangladesh),” Ms. Khatun told journalists, adding that the Delhi constabulary had “tortured her” and adjacent the Border Security Force (BSF) unit she pleaded with did not perceive to her.
Ms. Khatun and her kid were among a radical of six migrants from 2 families detained by the Delhi Police successful June connected suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals. The remaining 4 members of the group, each residents of Birbhum territory successful West Bengal, are also expected to instrumentality soon arsenic the Supreme Court has ordered their repatriation arsenic well.
Samirul Islam, the Trinamool Congress MP and Chairperson of West Bengal Migrant Welfare Board, met Sunali and said her instrumentality “marked the archetypal signifier of our ineligible conflict against the ‘Bangla-Birodhi zamindars’; the 2nd signifier of the conflict awaits Sweety Biwi and her 2 insignificant sons, who are inactive successful the neighbouring country”.
“Today, I met Sweety’s household members successful Murarai on with 1 of her insignificant sons. Although they are blessed astir Sunali’s return, their tears person not been wiped distant due to the fact that Sweety herself has not yet returned. Sunali’s hubby is besides with them and continues to hold for repatriation,” helium said.
On Saturday, the Trinamool Congress enactment held a property league and stated that the Calcutta High Court said, successful wide and unambiguous terms, that “the Centre acted successful blistery haste and violated owed process.”
“The lone crushed Sunali Khatun is backmost is due to the fact that the West Bengal authorities fought for her. It was the West Bengal Migrant Labour Welfare Board that stood by the family, filed habeas corpus petitions, and ensured justice. Bengal protected its radical portion the Centre tried to destruct their dignity. The connection is clear: Bengal volition not bow down to politically motivated harassment,” a property connection from the enactment said.
On September 26 , the High Court had directed the repatriation of the six radical from 2 families. A Division Bench comprising Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobrata Mitra gave this absorption portion deciding 2 writ petitions filed by Mr. Sheikh and Amir Khan.
On December 3, the Union authorities agreed to bring Ms. Khatun and her insignificant lad backmost from Bangladesh connected “humanitarian grounds” aft the Apex Court’s intervention.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi acquiesced to a petition made by the woman’s father, Bhodu Sekh, represented by elder advocator Sanjay R. Hegde, to bring the parent and child back home successful Birbhum.
