Published on : 20 Nov 2025, 4:50 am

Sonitpur: Five residents of Dhobokata village in Sonitpur district have been ordered to leave Assam within 24 hours after they were declared foreigners by a Foreigners Tribunal. The expulsion orders were issued by the District Magistrate’s office in Tezpur on November 18, 2025.

The individuals identified in the order are Hanufa, Amjad Ali, Mariyam Nessa, Fatema, and Monowara. All five belong to Dhobokata village under Jamugurihat police station. The orders were passed under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, a law introduced in the years following India’s Partition to regulate migration into the state.

According to officials, Foreigners Tribunal No. 2 in Sonitpur had given its opinion on October 24, 2025, declaring the five villager

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