Three people have filed cases against an Assam border police inquiry officer for having allegedly used their signatures as witnesses in the case that eventually rendered ex-Serviceman and Kargil war veteran Mohammed Sanaullah a foreigner. The border police, unique to Assam, is tasked with detecting, detaining and deporting foreigners or illegal immigrants. Now retired, Mr. Das was the border police inquiry officer who allegedly recorded the trio’s statements in the case against Sanaullah in 2008. The case was referred to a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) that declared him a foreigner on May 23. Officials handling cases of people with allegedly doubtful citizenship said there had been mismatches in several documents that Sanaullah submitted to the FT.

Source: The Hindu June 03, 2019 10:21 UTC