Mahiruddin Ahmed in Barpeta. Picture by Sunil Das Guwahati/Barpeta: A retired armyman from Assam's Barpeta district on Saturday claimed he had received a notice from a foreigners tribunal on September 16 asking him to prove his Indian citizenship. "The notice was sent by the tribunal by post when I was in Nepal for eye treatment. He said he had not approached the tribunal pointing out the mismatch in names in the notice. In another case in September this year, Assam police had served a "foreigner" notice to Mohd Azmal Hoque, a retired junior commissioned officer of the army in Kamrup district, asking him to prove his citizenship.

Source: The Telegraph November 04, 2017 21:11 UTC