Rohingyas will be deported: Centre
40,000 illegals from Myanmar in India, SC told
The decision to deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims, who are illegal immigrants from Myanmar, has been taken keeping in mind national security threats, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday through an affidavit. It said that being a policy decision, the court should not interfere with it.
In a fresh affidavit filed on Monday on a batch of writ petitions filed by Mohammed Salimullah and others for a stay on deportation, the Centre said the continuance of the Rohingyas’ illegal immigration into India and their continued stay, apart from being illegal, was found to have serious national security ramifications and pose serious security threats.
Senior counsel Fali S. Nariman, Kapil Sibal, Rajeev Dhavan and Prashant Bhushan strongly opposed the statement to this effect by additional solicitor-general Tushar Mehta before a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, and sought permission to file a reply.
The bench, while asking the petitioner to reply, posted the matter for further hearing on October 3, and said the legal position, including the court’s jurisdiction, would be examined on that day.
Mr Nariman submitted that if something untoward happened in the meanwhile, they would have the liberty to approach the court.
The ASG told the court that the government would place facts in detail which the Centre has been receiving for many years as well as other information concerning national security in a sealed cover only for the perusal of the court.
The Supreme Court will take a call on the Centre’s plans to deport Rohingya Muslims who entered the country illegally”. RAJNATH SINGH, Home Minister
Home minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that anti-national elements have been trying to foment tension in the society by posting unverified information on social media and asked people not to forward such messages without verification.
Mr Singh said information and news, that was completely wrong or having no basis, was being regularly circulated on social media such as WhatsApp and many people consider it to to be true.
“I want to tell SSB jawans not to believe such messages and forward to anyone without verification as anti-national elements have been trying to foment trouble in the society. We all have to be careful before believing or forwarding them,” he said after launching the intelligence wing of the Sashastra
In an open border, the security personnel do not know who is an anti-national, which way a criminal is coming or who is carrying fake currency or fake drugs — RAJNATH SINGH Home minister
Seema Bal (SSB) here.
Lauding the role of the SSB, which guards the 1,751 km-long Indo-Nepal and the 699 km-long IndoBhutan borders, Singh said it is very tough to guard such open borders, which allow visa-free movement of people, than fenced borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Referring to his earlier announcement that the family of each martyred paramilitary soldier will get at least `1 crore as compensation, the home minister said he was contemplating to “do something” for those serving personnel who face an emergency situation but are unable to cope up with it and need help.