Bengali-speaking Muslims in India fear detention, deportation

Migrants from western state treated as illegal aliens, deported to Bangladesh

20250723 Mohammad Shamsu Bengali Muslim migrant New Delhi

Mohammad Shamsu, a Bengali-speaking Muslim migrant, works as a ragpicker in India's capital, New Delhi. He lives in fear of deportation and detention amid the ongoing crackdown against Bengali Muslim migrants. (Photo by Quratulain Rehbar)

QURATULAIN REHBAR

NEW DELHI -- It has been nearly a month since Sonali Khatun, four months pregnant, along with her husband, were detained by Delhi police and dumped at the Bangladesh border on June 26.

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