SC seeks Centre’s response on plea by son of Muslim woman forced into Bangladesh

Sahida Fakir, who hails from West Bengal and had been working in Mumbai for about 20 years was detained on July 19, ‘Scroll’ had reported.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Union government’s response to a plea filed by the son of a woman who was forced into Bangladesh without any verification.

Sahida Fakir, who hails from Gobindapur in West Bengal and had been working in Mumbai for about 20 years, was detained on July 19 on “suspicion of being an illegal immigrant”, her son’s lawyer told Scroll.

The petitioner said that Fakir was kept in custody for more than 100 hours before being produced before a judicial magistrate. He alleged that she was neither informed of the grounds for her detention nor allowed to communicate with her family.