India, Sept. 12 -- A total of 39 Bangladeshi nationals, including women, children, and men, were pushed back from Assam's Sribhumi sector of the India-Bangladesh international border in the early hours of Friday, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

"They entered without permission, we pushed back with precision. In the wee hours, 39 illegal infiltrators were PUSHED BACK from Sribhumi sector to Bangladesh," Sarma wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday afternoon.

Earlier this week, the chief minister had said that the government was sending back illegal migrants using provisions of the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950.

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