Rush Hour: Dhaka slams India’s deportations, Delhi says IMF should ‘reconsider’ Pakistan loan & more

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Dhaka has raised concerns with New Delhi about reports that India had “pushed” people across the international waters into Bangladesh. On Friday, the Bangladeshi High Commission in New Delhi said that India had not followed protocols for the alleged deportations.

This came after the Bangladeshi Police alleged that three Indians were among a group of 78 “pushed” across a river into Bangladesh on May 8. On May 10, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed that the state government was “pushing back” Rohingya refugees, among other “illegal infiltrators” into Bangladesh.

The High Commission has said that it was difficult to confirm that the deported individuals are Bangladeshis without valid identity documents. India’s Ministry of External Affairs has not yet commented on the matter. Read on.

Three Indians among 78 ‘pushed’ off boats into Bangladesh, local police claim

The Supreme Court questioned a petition alleging that the Indian government had forcibly deported 43 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar by pushing them into international waters. The court also rejected a request to pass an interim order halting the deportation of Rohingyas.

The bench sought material to be placed on record that would...

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