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Calcutta HC strikes down Maharashtra
Govt's order on Bangladeshi nationals

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The Calcutta High Court today dismissed an order of the Maharashtra Government asking Bangladeshi nationals to leave for their country.

Justice Samaresh Banerjee dismissed the order on a petition filed by the West Bengal Government.

A few months ago, Maharashtra Government asked nearly 22 Bangladeshi nationals to leave Mumbai. They were brought to Calcutta under tight security by a train to be deported through the Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal.

The situation , however, took an ugly turn when a group led by Forward Bloc legislator Robin Mukherjee stormed into the compartment in which the Bangladeshis were travelling at Uluberia station on the Howrah-Kharagpur section and 'freed' the Bangladeshis from the custody of the Maharashtra police.

Challenging its Maharashtra counterpart's order, the West Bengal government moved the high court which stayed the deportation and asked the Bangladeshis to report to police stations, close to where they were staying.

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