The jail doubles as a detention center-- one of six in Assam--for people declared foreigners by a quasi-judicial Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT), reports The Hindu. “I gave him my word,” said Mr. Ali. They killed the Indian in me every day for 1,197 days before I walked to freedom,” he said. A village worriedAt least three others in Khopanikuchi have what the villagers call the ‘Bangladeshi case’ against them. The local FT declared Barhan Ali and Badar Ali — both in their late 60s — as foreigners.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 12, 2019 09:33 UTC