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Calcutta High Court orders return of Birbhum families deported to Bangladesh, including three children.

Centre’s appeal for temporary stay rejected; court highlights illegal deportation despite valid citizenship documents.

Political reactions emerge, with Trinamool MP Samirul Islam criticising BJP’s handling of the case.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside the Centre’s decision to deport two women and their families from West Bengal’s Birbhum district to Bangladesh, after they were labelled “illegal immigrants”, reported PTI.

The court directed that Sonali Bibi, Sweety Bibi, and four other family members, including three children, be brought back to India within a month. It also rejected the central government’s appeal for a temporary stay on Friday’s o

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