Four Bengal workers, detained on Bangladeshi suspicion, released from Chhattisgarh
“We were so surprised. It happened suddenly when we lost our hope. The higher authority ordered them to release us immediately. The Police also wrote it in the order copy that we are Indians, not Bangladeshis,” said one of the detainees, Safikul Islam.
The Calcutta High Court has intervened to release four migrant workers from West Bengal, who were detained in Chhattisgarh for suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals. The court questioned the authority's decision to determine their citizenship while their appeals against deletion of their names from the electoral roll are pending.
The four men, Sabir Sheikh, Safikul Islam, Nasiruddin Sheikh, and Laltu Sheikh, were part of a group of 23 migrant workers who went to Chhattisgarh in search of work. They were initially detained on September 4, 2026, and released on October 7, 2026. The Chhattisgarh administration had sought a verification report from the Murshidabad district magistrate, but it was reportedly not provided.
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