Staff Reporter :
Immigration to India through Tamabil Land Customs Station in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet resumed on Saturday morning after a day of suspension following the protest in the country’s Meghalaya State over the Citizenship Law.
The north-eastern Indian State Meghalaya, barred entry of foreigners through the border on Friday, but they reopened the process on Saturday, our Sylhet Correspondent reports quoting Moniruzzaman, Special Superintendent of Immigration (Land and Seaports) of Police confirmed the situation.
“The authorities of the Customs Station in Dawki of Meghalaya informed us about the resumption of the immigration process and also requested to inform the passengers about the situation of the state,” he said.
Indian states – Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura -as protest grew over the controversial Citizenship Law and Bangladesh shares its borders with the states.
Following the unrest, a curfew was imposed in Meghalaya on Thursday and the authorities barred entry of passengers through the border check-post with Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, all kinds of export-import through the Land Port remains normal, said Partha Ghosh, Assistant Director (Traffic) of Tamabil Land Port.
Agitated people in India’s states of Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya have been protesting a new Citizenship Law for non-Muslim minorities from neighbouring countries.
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has already given his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into a law amid violent street protests.
Violent mobs in India’s northeastern state of Assam torched buildings and clashed with police, leaving two dead and 11 with bullet wounds.
