Gauhati High Court (File picture)Gauhati High Court on Wednesday gave a general direction to superintendents of police (border) of all 33 Assam districts for compliance with the Supreme Court’s order on Monday on release of detention centre inmates. The court said the officers will first take stock of the names of detainees and period of detention. “We urge the Indian Supreme Court to continue on this promising path and order the release of all those detained in the detention centres on humanitarian grounds. “Nearly 1,000 people under suspicion of being a ‘foreigner’ are currently housed in six detention centres in Assam as they await deportation,” the statement said. USCIRF commissioner Anurima Bhargava said, “It is encouraging that India’s Supreme Court recognised the vulnerability of detainees in the detention centres.

Source: The Telegraph April 15, 2020 23:37 UTC