India expulsions to Bangladesh unlawful, target Muslims: HRW


FILE PHOTO: Indian police officers rounding up men whom they believe to be undocumented Bangladeshi nationals in Ahmedabad on April 26. - Reuters

NEW DELHI: India has pushed hundreds of ethnic Bengali-speaking Muslims into Bangladesh without due process, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday (July 24), accusing the government of flouting rules and fuelling bias on religious lines.

The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has long taken a hardline stance on immigration - particularly those from neighbouring Muslim-majority Bangladesh - with top authorities referring to them as "termites" and "infiltrators".

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