Chhattisgarh: 19 Bengali workers detained on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshis released
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Nineteen of the 23 migrant workers from West Bengal’s Murshidabad who had been detained in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh earlier this month on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshi citizens were released on Friday, reported The Hindu.
The men, who hail from Murshidabad’s Samserganj and Sahabad were detained on September 4 from their residences in Chunchiapara-Ganesh Nagar under Sirgiti police station.
The police had alleged that they were summoned multiple times with their documents, but failed to appear, reported The Hindu.
However, their families claimed that the police detained the men late at night despite them possessing voter cards, Aadhaar cards and PAN cards.
Bilaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Rajnesh Singh said that 19 of them were released following verification of their names in the voter lists, local administration records, family details and permanent residence documents, reported The New Indian Express.
“Further steps regarding the remaining four will depend on the reports we receive,” Singh was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
The police claimed that their names had been struck off voter lists during the special intensive revision exercise in West Bengal.
After the 23 men were detained, the Chhattisgarh unit of the People’s Union of Civil Liberties alleged that the action was taken without them getting any show-cause notices.
The organisation claimed that the men were also not given time to substantiate...