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SC seeks Centre, states’ reply on plea alleging detention of Bengali Muslim migrant workers as ‘Bangladeshis’

New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and nine states/UTs on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that migrant Muslim workers from West Bengal are being arbitrarily detained in various parts of the country on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals.
A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Union government and the governments of Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and West Bengal.
The PIL, filed by the West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board, claims that following a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) circular issued in May, state authorities have been “randomly picking up” Bengali Muslim migrant labourers, branding them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and placing them in detention centres.
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