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Suspected Bangladeshi nationals stopped from boarding Agartala flight
Four women were stopped from boarding an Air India Express flight from Agartala to Kolkata on Sunday after security personnel suspected they were Bangladeshi nationals. The incident occurred at Maharaja Bir Bikram…
The Story in Brief
Four women were stopped from boarding an Air India Express flight from Agartala to Kolkata on Sunday after security personnel suspected they were Bangladeshi nationals. The incident occurred at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport on flight IX-1996 due to depart at 4.40pm.
CISF personnel at the departure gate first noticed two women with suspected Bangladeshi documents. Immigration staff then found they had arrived with two other women who had already entered the security hold area. All four were detained and handed over to airport police. Similar incidents have been reported recently at airports in the Northeast, including eight people detained near the same airport in June.
The Indian Opinion
Heightened security at airports is understandable, but the lack of transparency on verification criteria raises concern. Are these detentions based on language, looks, or documents? Previous cases have seen genuine Indian citizens wrongly profiled. The authorities must clarify what constitutes 'suspected Bangladeshi nationality' and whether any of the four were ultimately found to be foreign nationals. Until then, the narrative of a 'flood of infiltrators' remains unverified by hard numbers.
Source: newindianexpress.com
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