A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is an undocumented foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by tribunal court in March.
Guwahati, December 17 (PTI): The fight to prove her Indian citizenship may have taken a physical and mental toll on 55-year-old Hasina Bhanu and her ailing husband but she is hopeful that the Gauhati High Court, which ordered her release from Assam's Tezp
Following her arrest, Bhanu approached the court claiming that she was not an illegal immigrant and also apprised the later of Tribunal s earlier decision.
Tezpur/Guwahati, December 16 (PTI): A 55-year old woman, declared an 'Indian' and then a foreigner by a Foreigners Tribunal in Assam within a span of less than five years, walked out of Tezpur Central Jail on Thursday following a directive of the Gauhati