Migrant employee despatched to Bangladesh booked in neighbouring nation for unlawful entry

A migrant employee from West Bengal, who was pushed into Bangladesh by safety businesses, has been booked for “illegally getting into” the neighbouring nation, State’s Migrant Welfare Board chief Samirul Islam stated on Tuesday.

Mr. Islam, who can be a Trinamool Congress MP, was referring to the detention and “pushback” of Amir Sheikh from Kaliachak. He was picked up from Rajasthan in May this 12 months and despatched to Bangladesh.

“Interestingly, there was no method to repatriate Mr. Amir besides by way of authorized intervention, as he had been tagged beneath a case involving unlawful entry into Bangladesh. Amid such a state of affairs, the Central authorities is now making an attempt to repatriate Mr. Amir to his Malda house to avoid wasting face and keep away from the authorized blow for the unlawful pushback,” the chairperson of migrant welfare board posted on social media.

Earlier this month, the daddy of Mr. Amir filed a habeas corpus petition earlier than the Calcutta High Court and the courtroom has sought response from Rajasthan authorities and Union authorities. The matter is more likely to come up for listening to later this week.

Imprisoned for weeks

A video of the 19-year-old migrant employee has additionally surfaced on social media the place he will be seen in tears looking for assist for repatriation. According to his dad and mom, Jiyem Sheikh and Renu Bibi, he was picked up by the police from Rajasthan in May 2025 and despatched to Bangladesh by safety businesses and was stored in jail for a couple of weeks. The dad and mom have produced all paperwork together with their passport, shared a video through which their son is narrating his plight asking for assist and sought intervention from district officers. But their son is but to return house.

Hundreds of Bengali-speaking migrants have confronted alleged detention and harassment in several States throughout the nation and requested to provide paperwork to show they aren’t Bangladeshi nationals. Some of the migrant employees had been additionally pushed into Bangladesh however later repatriated with the assistance of Indian authorities, Mr. Islam stated.

The Trinamool Congress has blamed the Central authorities for the plight of Mr. Amir, who continues to languish in a jail in Bangladesh.