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Sunali Khatun, the large pistillate from West Bengal who was allegedly pushed into Bangladesh 5 months ago, returned to India connected Friday (December 5, 2025).
She entered the state with her insignificant kid done the Malda territory connected the India–Bangladesh border, pursuing involution by the Supreme Court. Ms. Khatun, successful precocious signifier of pregnancy, 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 and allegedly forced into the country. The remaining 4 members of the group, each residents of Birbhum territory successful West Bengal, are besides expected to instrumentality soon arsenic the Supreme Court has ordered their repatriation arsenic well.
The plight of the members of 2 families came to fore erstwhile days aft the alleged “push back”, they released a video connection urging West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for their repatriation from Bangladesh.
“Finally, aft a agelong conflict against the Bangla-Birodhi Zamindars, Sunali Khatun and her insignificant lad person returned to India. This time volition beryllium remembered arsenic a historical infinitesimal that exposes the torture and atrocities inflicted connected mediocre Bengalis,” Samirul Islam, Trinamool Congress MP and chairperson of West Bengal Migrant Welfare Board, posted connected societal media.
Mr. Islam, who was instrumental successful highlighting the plight of the woman, said Ms. Khatun was deported successful June. “After enduring six months of unimaginable suffering, she and her kid person astatine past returned to their homeland,” helium said.
According to West Bengal authorities officials, Ms. Khatun is unwell and volition beryllium provided attraction astatine a State-run facility. She volition question to her location successful Birbhum aft treatment.
The group, including 2 women -- Ms. Khatun and Sweety Bibi -- and the latter’s 2 sons had to walk clip down bars successful Bangladesh aft the alleged “push back”.
On December 3, the Union authorities agreed to bring Ms. Khatun and her insignificant lad backmost from Bangladesh connected “humanitarian grounds” aft the Supreme 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 kid to his location astatine Paikar colony successful Birbhum.
The Calcutta High Court connected September 26 had directed the repatriation of the six radical from 2 families.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobrata Mitra gave this absorption portion deciding 2 writ petitions filed by Mr. Sheikh and Amir Khan.
Ms. Khatun is not the archetypal idiosyncratic to beryllium repatriated to West Bengal aft the involution of courts. Amir S.K., a migrant idiosyncratic from Malda, was among those who had returned to India aft allegedly being pushed into Bangladesh.
Earlier this year, respective migrant workers from West Bengal were being detained successful antithetic parts of the state connected suspicions of being Bangladesh nationals, and were pushed into the country.
Sometimes lawyering is it's ain reward. A visibly large Sunali Khatun returns location to India with her lad Sabir. I indispensable convey @SamirulAITC for each his efforts successful this case. Mother India's Governments whitethorn marque mistakes, but Ma, Mati, Manush successful this lawsuit are each wholly and… pic.twitter.com/03cQfGIwZA
— SANJAY HEGDE (@sanjayuvacha) December 5, 2025
