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Calcutta High Court Slams Bilaspur FRO Over Citizenship Decision Amid Pending Appeals
- •The Calcutta High Court questioned the Bilaspur FRO for determining the citizenship of four Murshidabad men while their SIR electoral roll appeals were still pending.
- •The four men have been detained in Bilaspur for over a month on suspicion of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, despite appearing on the 2002 electoral roll and voting in 2026.
- •Justice Krishna Rao criticized the simultaneous proceedings, warning that it undermines the appellate tribunal and stating that authorities are playing with people.
- •The Court directed the petitioner's counsel to implead the FRO as a party and requested a report regarding the detention, scheduling the next hearing for October 8.
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The Calcutta High Court questioned the Bilaspur FRO for determining the citizenship of four detained men from Murshidabad while their appeals against electoral roll deletions under the SIR were still pending before the appellate tribunal, describing the simultaneous actions as contradictory and playing with people.
The four men from Murshidabad have been detained in Bilaspur for over a month on suspicion of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, after their names were deleted from the 2002 electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Mostakim Sheikh, a neighbour of the detained men, filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking expeditious consideration of their appeals before the SIR appellate tribunal and asked for a report regarding their detention.
