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162 days after pushback: 25-year-old Sunali Khatun, a pregnant woman who along with two of her family members and others was pushed into Bangladesh in June this year on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant, returned to India on Friday with her eight-year-old son following the Supreme Court’s intervention. However, her husband, Sweety Bibi and her two children, who were also pushed across the India-Bangladesh border, still remain in the neighbouring country, with the Centre contesting their Indian citizenship. Birbhum-based social worker, Mofizul Islam, said, “After months of legal battle, we have been able to secure the return of Sunali and her son. Sunali’s husband and a woman and her two children are still there. We will not rest till we get them back.”

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