Amir Sheikh, a 19-year-old migrant worker from Kaliachak in West Bengal’s Malda district who was allegedly detained from Rajasthan in May and “pushed back” into Bangladesh, was reunited with his family on Wednesday.
Mr. Amir’s family members said the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel handed him over to the Basirhat police in the State’s North 24 Parganas district.
Earlier this month, Ziyem Sheikh, the father of Mr. Amir, had filed a habeas corpus petition before the Calcutta High Court.
The matter was heard before the Division Bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra. The counsel appearing for the BSF said Mr. Amir attempted to cross over to Indian territory on Tuesday and since he could not produce appropriate identification documents, he was apprehended and handed over to the officer in charge of the Basirhat police station.
Speaking to The Hindu, his family contested the BSF’s claims. “I got a call this morning asking me to pick up my son from Basirhat. All this is happening because we approached the court,” Mr. Ziyem said.
