Rohingya contest govt decision to deport them

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 22

Contending that they were peace-loving people having no connection whatever with any criminal activity, much less terrorist activity, Rohingyas today contested the Centre’s decision to deport them, saying they would be tortured and even killed if sent back to Myanmar.

Describing illegal Rohingya immigrants as a threat to national security, the Centre on September 18 defended before the Supreme Court its decision to deport them; saying many of them had links with terror outfits in Pakistan and other countries.

There were organised gangs involved in sending Rohingya to India, it had said, sounding a note of caution on attempts to change India’s demography and social structure that could potentially lead to multiple problems.

But in a rejoinder filed in response to the Centre’s affidavit in the Supreme Court, Mohammad Salimullah, currently residing at Madanpur Khadar in Delhi, sought to contradict the Centre’s claim of their alleged linkages with terror groups, including ISI and ISIS.