Rush Hour: Rights group flags ‘unlawful’ deportations, 7 dead in Rajasthan school mishap & more

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International group Human Rights Watch has urged India to stop unlawfully deporting people to Bangladesh without due process. The organisation accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of fuelling discrimination by “arbitrarily expelling” Bengali Muslims, including Indian citizens.

Human Rights Watch said that the government should instead “ensure everyone’s access to procedural safeguards to protect against arbitrary detention and expulsion”.

Since the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, the police in several states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party have been detaining Bengali-speaking persons – mostly Muslims – and asking them to prove that they are Indian citizens.

Several persons have been forced into Bangladesh after they allegedly could not prove their Indian citizenship. While India has not yet provided data on the total number of expulsions, the Border Guards Bangladesh alleged that over 1,500 people have been forced into the country from May 7 to June 15. More on Scroll.

Seven children were killed and 28 injured in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district after a portion of the roof of their school building collapsed. Students at the Government Upper Primary School in the Piplod village in Jhalawar were assembling for morning prayers...

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