28 Muslims in Assam sent to detention centre after declared ‘foreigners’

Location: Barpeta district, Assam

Body: Police in western Assam’s Barpeta district sent 28 Muslims declared “non-citizens” by the Foreigners’ Tribunals (FTs) to a ‘transit camp’ at Matia in the Goalpara district

All the 28 people — 19 men and nine women — belong to the Bengali Muslim community.

They were summoned from various parts of the district to the office of Barpeta’s Superintendent of Police (SP) before being herded into a bus and sent to the detention centre.

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