Seeking to deport Rohingya, India tells court has evidence of militant links

FILE PHOTO: A family from the Rohingya community is pictured inside their shack in a camp in Delhi, India August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's home ministry said on Monday it would confidentially share intelligence information with the Supreme Court showing Rohingya links with Pakistan-based militants, in a bid to get legal clearance for plans to deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims.

The Supreme Court is hearing an appeal lodged on behalf of Rohingya against the deportation plan proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government.