Four Bengal workers, detained on Bangladeshi suspicion, released from Chandigarh
Four migrant workers from West Bengal have been released from a detention center in Chhattisgarh after the Calcutta High Court intervened. The workers were detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals, despite having pending appeals regarding their citizenship status.
Why it matters
This case highlights the legal complexities and potential human rights issues surrounding citizenship verification and the treatment of migrant workers in India.
After the Calcutta High Court's intervention, Chhattisgarh Police have released the four migrant workers from West Bengal, who had been detained for over a month on the suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals.
On Monday (October 5, 2026), the Calcutta HC questioned the Foreigners Registration Officer (FRO), who is also the Superintendent of Police, Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur, over the authority's move to determine the citizenship of four men from Murshidabad while their appeals against deletion of their names from the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) are pending before the appellate tribunal.
It also rapped the Chhattisgarh State for its 'double standard'. It said that the situation was 'contradictory'. "If the authorities were saying that some persons were not Indian citizens, then what would the appellate authority (tribunal) do?" questioned Justice Krishna Rao.
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