‘It was a torture ....’: Deported woman recalls Bangladesh jail horror after returning to India

New Delhi: Sunali Khatun, the 26-year-old woman , who was deported to Bangladesh earlier this year after being suspected of being of Bangladeshi women, returned to India this Friday. Her minor son Sabir also returned back to the country along with her.

A resident migrant of Murarai in Birbhum, she was arrested by Delhi Police this year, following which she was sent to Bangladesh. In the final stage of pregnancy, she was brought back to India after the Supreme Court’s intervention. On Saturday, she was admitted to Rampurhat Hospital in Birbhum. She will remain here under the observation of doctors till the birth of her child later this month or the beginning of the next month.

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‘They allowed Sabir to stay with me’

"It was torture living in a solitary cell of the Bangladeshi prison," Khatun was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. She added, “They allowed Sabir to stay with me. But my husband, Danish was taken away elsewhere. I am worried about him since he has yet to be brought back. I also worry about Sweety Bibi and her children since their fates also remain uncertain," she said, in reference to four other deportees who were granted bail by a Bangladeshi court, but have not yet been repatriated.

Khatun’s daughter reunited with mother and brother

It may be noted that her family was deported along with three members of another family. They were arrested by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) under the Control of Entry Act. They were later taken to prison for illegally entering without any travel documents.

It was on Friday that BGB and India’s Border Security Force completed all legal formalities, and she and her minor son entered India as directed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Her six-year-old daughter Afreen escaped the deportation as she was living with her grandparents in Murarai when the rest of the family was picked up by the police and sent to Bangladesh.