"Targetted Since I'm Muslim": Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention
NDTV
Hasina Bhanu was lodged in the Tezpur detention camp inside the Tezpur jail since October 19, after being declared a foreigner by the tribunal in Darrang district
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 Guwahati High Court reversed a contentious decision by the tribunal court in March.
A furious High Court this week pulled up a Foreigners' Tribunal in Darrang district for its shocking flip-flop in this case; in August 2016 the tribunal said Hasina Bhanu was, in fact, an Indian citizen.
Fast-forward to March 2020 and the same tribunal ruled Mrs Bhanu as a 'foreigner'.
Last night Mrs Bhanu was back home - Shyampur village in Darrang district - where she told NDTV she felt she had been targeted because of her religion; she is Muslim.
