India, Dec. 5 -- Sunali Khatun, a pregnant woman deported to Bangladesh in June this year, returned to India along with her eight-year-old son through the Mahadipur border in West Bengal's Malda district on Friday, two days after the Supreme Court nudged the central government to let her return "on humanitarian grounds".

Sunali Khatun was rushed to Malda Medical College and Hospital for examination as she is in an advanced stage of pregnancy, officials at the border told reporters.

"If doctors declare her fit for travel, then Khatun and her son will be taken to their village in the Paikar area of Birbhum as soon as possible," a state police officer said, requesting anonymity.

Sunali Khatun and her minor son were picked up from Delhi on...