Guwahati, May 30 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that his government is pushing back only declared foreigners into Bangladesh following a Supreme Court order.
The Chief Minister's statement comes days after a video went viral where some people were seen on 'no man's land' between the India and Bangladesh border where one individual, Khairul Islam claimed that he is an Indian national who was being deported to Bangladesh. Islam is one among the nine persons who were recently arrested by the police in Assam's Morigaon district.
The Assam Chief Minister while addressing a press conference on Friday evening said that the pushing back was being done as per a Supreme court directive.
"The Supreme court has directed us ...