GUWAHATI: Invoking the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, the District Commissioner of Nagaon has issued separate orders directing 15 "illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" to leave the territory of Assam and India within 24 hours.

The action follows earlier rulings by foreign tribunals, which had declared the individuals as "foreigners." Foreigners’ tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies mandated to decide cases involving suspected illegal immigrants.

The expulsion orders were issued to Jahura Khatun, Abdul Aziz, Aheda Khatun, Azufa Khatun, Hussain Ali, Fazila Khatun, Anura Begum, Asha Khatun, Nazrul Islam, Rahim Sheikh, Burek Ali, Idris Ali, Rustam Ali, Anwar Khan and Taher Ali.

“…being a declared foreign national, your presence in India/Assam is detrimental to the interest of the general public and also for the internal security of the state,” the order issued to Jahura read.