Assam | Declared Foreigner Couple Arrested After Absconding For Months
- Jun 21, 2019,
- Updated Jun 21, 2019, 1:43 AM IST
Guwahati, June 21, 2019:
The Satgaon police on Thursday arrested an absconding couple declared foreigner recently by the Foreigners Tribunal (FT) from the Nawapara of Satgaon locality in Guwahati city, Assam.
The couple was arrested in the evening yesterday.
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The duo has been identified as Nur Hussain and Sahara Kahtoon. They were reportedly gone into hiding after the Kamrup Metro Foreigners Tribunal court in the month of March 2019. They were sent an illegal immigrant notice to the couple declaring them as foreigners.
In the notice, it was stated that the couple was served with NRC hearing to which they failed to reply.
The declared foreigner couple has been taken into custody by the police and interrogation is going on at Satgaon police station.
About Foreigner Act:
The Foreigners Act, 1946 is an Act of the Imperial Legislative Assembly enacted to grant certain powers to the Interim Government of India in matters of foreigners in India. The Act was enacted before India became independent.
The Act defines the foreigner as a person who is not a citizen of India. Section 9 of the Act states that, where the nationality of a person is not evident as per preceding section 8, the onus of proving whether a person is a foreigner or not, shall lie upon such person