"We have some hopes now. Maybe, now they might return in another month."

These are the words of Amir Khan, the younger brother of Sweety Bibi, as told to The Quint on Friday, 10 October. Sweety, along with another family which includes a pregnant woman, Sonali Khatun, were deported to Bangladesh four months ago after suspected of being "illegal Banlgadeshis."

Now, a Bangladesh court has stated that all these accused who were deported to their country are Indian citizens, citing their Aadhaar card numbers and have directed authorities to prepare to send them back home.

On 26 September, the Calcutta High Court had set side the Centre's decision to deport Sonali, Sweety and directed that they be repatriated within four weeks.

A division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice

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