{"id":2637,"date":"2025-10-11T09:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2025-10-11T09:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:31:56","slug":"india-deporting-muslims-including-citizens-after-kashmir-violence-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2637","title":{"rendered":"India deporting Muslims, including citizens, after Kashmir violence : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-92800\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5000;&#10;        --source-height: 3327;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5000x3327+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F22%2Fd3482c43427a8a865cd6fc07f914%2Fgettyimages-1925914001.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A Rohingya refugee woman walks home, carrying a container of drinking water fetched from a distribution point in Madanpur Khadar Rohingya refugee camp, in New Delhi, India.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Pradeep Gaur\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Pradeep Gaur\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MUMBAI, India \u2014 For the past decade, Mustafa Kamal Sheikh set up a makeshift stall opposite a police station in a working-class suburb of Mumbai. His speciality was <em>jhalmuri<\/em>, a fiery snack made of puffed rice and spices. The cops often came down for a bite and small talk.<\/p>\n<p>One day in June, two officers came to his house and asked for his ID. He showed them four, including a card that identified him as a voter in Indian elections. Kamal says the constables accused him of forging them and detained him. He denies the accusation.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kamal, 52, did not get a phone call or a lawyer. Over the next five days, he says the police and a team of India&#8217;s Border Security Force flew him more than a thousand miles away, to the India-Bangladesh border.<\/p>\n<p>One midnight, Kamal says, &#8220;The border guard gave us 300&#8221; in the Bangladeshi taka currency \u2014 less than $3 \u2014 &#8220;and told us to cross over.&#8221; He recalls the guard saying, &#8220;If you return, we will shoot you.&#8217; &#8221; He says he was part of a group that included a few dozen people \u2014 all Muslims seized from Mumbai.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5564784-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5378630\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/27\/nx-s1-5378630\/india-kashmir-pakistan-crackdown-homes-destroyed\" 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4672x4672+754+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F71%2F2c%2F61ed568747ce9c12c02df79dc9b0%2Fpeople-stand-near-the-razed-house-of-kashmiri-militant-ahsan-ul-haq-sheikhs-family-house-in-murran-area-of-pulwama-district-on-april-26-2025.JPG\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"People stand near the razed house of alleged Kashmiri militant Ahsan Ul Haq Sheikh's family house in Murran area of Pulwama district on April 26, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5564784-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>He says the Indian border guards allowed him to return to India two days later, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snigdhendu.bhattacharya\/videos\/654659614264216\/?rdid=Vq4qPTHYpOIUk39o\" target=\"_blank\">videos went viral<\/a> on Indian social media of him and two other expelled Indian Muslims sobbing near the border, and listing their Indian addresses, complete with the postcodes. The Maharashtra state police, which is accused of detaining Kamal, did not respond to NPR&#8217;s requests for an interview.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">The crackdown followed attacks in Kashmir<\/h3>\n<p>Human Rights Watch, which has been monitoring these expulsions, says a stepped-up crackdown began in May. That&#8217;s when local media <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/mha-sets-30-day-limit-to-verify-credentials-of-illegal-immigrants-from-bangla-myanmar-10014683\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the deportation of &#8220;illegal immigrants&#8221; after militants gunned down tourists in a meadow in Indian-administered Kashmir in April. India blamed Pakistan for the attack that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2128747\" target=\"_blank\">26 people<\/a>, leading to four days of fighting in May. Pakistan denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>India has not released any figures on deportations, but the Human Rights Watch report, citing Bangladesh border guards, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2025\/07\/23\/india-hundreds-of-muslims-unlawfully-expelled-to-bangladesh\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> that Indian authorities expelled more than 1,500 people to neighboring Bangladesh and Myanmar between May 7 and June 15. 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2F4d%2Fbcb151e749ef9afff4005b7e52c4%2Fgettyimages-2211453771.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2F4d%2Fbcb151e749ef9afff4005b7e52c4%2Fgettyimages-2211453771.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A boy stands near the debris of a house that officials said was demolished in connection with the family of a suspected militant involved in a deadly attack in Kashmir in April.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A boy stands near the debris of a house that officials said was demolished in connection with the family of a suspected militant involved in a deadly attack in Kashmir in April.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Firdous Nazir\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Firdous Nazir\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rights group says Indian authorities expelled people without any legal process. Reuters and local media report authorities in the Indian states of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/evictions-expulsions-muslims-bangladesh-precede-indian-state-polls-2025-07-28\/\" target=\"_blank\">Assam<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g7O1HQ6W1sM\" target=\"_blank\">Gujarat<\/a> also bulldozed the homes of Muslim families. They also detained many in states across India.<\/p>\n<p>Like Kamal, most of the people targeted by authorities were working-class and spoke Bangla, a language shared by the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh next door.<\/p>\n<p>Meenakshi Ganguly, deputy director of Human Rights Watch&#8217;s Asia division, says their shared language made them an easy target, because Bangladeshis do migrate to more prosperous India, largely to work.<\/p>\n<p>But the crackdown, says Teesta Setalvad, co-founder of the Mumbai-based nonprofit Citizens for Justice and Peace, was meant to distract from uncomfortable questions around the Kashmir attack.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-92790\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5400;&#10;        --source-height: 3600;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5400x3600+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Fd1%2Fac3d91f549588c9bb7c420113a9a%2Fgettyimages-2226757881.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Members of the Muslim Students Union of Assam stage a protest denouncing the state government's eviction drives across several districts of Assam in Guwahati, India, on July 28.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Members of the Muslim Students Union of Assam stage a protest denouncing the state government&#8217;s eviction drives across several districts of Assam in Guwahati, India, on July 28.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Anuwar Hazarika\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Anuwar Hazarika\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A terror attack of this kind creates a certain national outrage,&#8221; says Setalvad. &#8220;Now it appears to us, this was to completely divert attention from that failure to protect the innocent Indian citizens,&#8221; with politicians choosing to stoke public fears by branding immigrants as &#8220;infiltrators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s Home Ministry, which oversees immigration, did not respond to NPR&#8217;s requests for an interview.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5564784-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage721188838\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/05\/10\/721188838\/millions-in-india-face-uncertain-future-after-being-left-off-citizenship-list\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/10\\\/721188838\\\/millions-in-india-face-uncertain-future-after-being-left-off-citizenship-list&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/05\/08\/nrc-assam21_sq-f1cb5309ce3cd86c2d20621fd4d9afc783d1386a.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Millions In India Face Uncertain Future After Being Left Off Citizenship List\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5564784-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>This is the latest move in a years-long campaign by the Modi government to target Muslims. In 2019, Modi&#8217;s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/05\/10\/721188838\/millions-in-india-face-uncertain-future-after-being-left-off-citizenship-list\">controversial citizenship law<\/a> to target and expel Muslim citizens from the state of Assam. The same year, party leader Amit Shah, who now heads the powerful Home Ministry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QGgdgoSnSfA\" target=\"_blank\">promised<\/a> at an election rally that if his government was elected, they would find &#8220;infiltrators&#8221; and &#8220;dump them in the Bay of Bengal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And during the months-long crackdown that followed the militant attack in April, some Rohingya refugees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g0p0522zeo\" target=\"_blank\">say<\/a> that&#8217;s exactly what the Indian government did.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Rohingya are targeted<\/h3>\n<p>For more than a decade, New Delhi&#8217;s Shram Vihar neighborhood has been a refuge to dozens of Rohingya families. They live in skeletal houses propped up by bamboo sticks and tarpaulin, rats running in and out.<\/p>\n<p>In the first week of May, the police came by and asked them to come in for biometric verification.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My parents and brother went with more than a dozen others but did not return,&#8221; says resident Nooralamin, who only uses one name. 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6240x4160+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3e%2Fc4%2F3b69c14847c9959a1f1561b7d570%2Fgettyimages-1258840763.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6240x4160+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3e%2Fc4%2F3b69c14847c9959a1f1561b7d570%2Fgettyimages-1258840763.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Rohingya refugee women and children are seen at Rohingya refugee camp on the occasion of World Refugee Day in New Delhi, India, on June 17, 2023.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Rohingya refugee women and children are seen at Rohingya refugee camp on the occasion of World Refugee Day in New Delhi, India, on June 17, 2023.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Amarjeet Kumar Singh\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Amarjeet Kumar Singh\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nooralamin recalls his brother saying Indian security personnel flew them to the Andaman island in India&#8217;s east, forced them onto a navy ship, and took them near the coast of Myanmar a little before dawn. They gave them life jackets and ordered them to jump in the sea.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5564784-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-62677\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/25\/g-s1-62677\/india-pakistan-kashmir-line-of-control-firing\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/g-s1-62677\\\/india-pakistan-kashmir-line-of-control-firing&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2257x2257+565+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F56%2Ffa%2F5d7d18ab45ac96da654c720371d1%2Fgettyimages-2211237788.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir blew up the family homes of two men suspected of carrying out Tuesday's deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam. People walk through the debris of a demolished house related to the family of one of the suspects in southern Kashmir on Friday.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5564784-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>During the call, Nooralamin&#8217;s brother said a rebel army fighting against the Myanmar junta sheltered his brother and parents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They would&#8217;ve died if a group of Burmese fishermen hadn&#8217;t spotted this and rescued them soon after,&#8221; says Nooralamin. &#8220;The police only spared me because my wife recently had a miscarriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A similar crackdown unfolded in New Delhi&#8217;s Uttam Nagar neighborhood around the same time, Rohingya residents there said.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 40,000 Rohingya people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scobserver.in\/cases\/mohammad-salimullah-v-union-of-india-rohingya-deportation-case-background\/\" target=\"_blank\">estimated<\/a> to live in India. Many of them are registered with the United Nations&#8217; refugee agency, UNHCR. Until 2018, their registration with the U.N. agency helped them access services from public schools and hospitals. But the tide has turned since then.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of local legislative elections in New Delhi earlier this year, the BJP, which governs federally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/delhi-assembly\/aap-is-corrupt-bjp-will-rid-delhi-of-rohingya-bangladeshis-says-amit-shah-at-election-rally\/article69144535.ece\" target=\"_blank\">promised<\/a> to deport Rohingya refugees within two years if elected. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=delhi+election+result+2025&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">won<\/a> with a more than two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DCPSEastDelhi\/status\/1930279991574495656\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Tiwari<\/a>, a senior officer in Delhi police, said there was no police operation targeting any ethnic group \u2014 only immigrants, he said, who were in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-3-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-3\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">An ideological project<\/h3>\n<p>Ziya Us Salam, a columnist with the liberal newspaper <em>The Hindu<\/em> and author of the book <em>Being Muslim In Hindu India,<\/em> doesn&#8217;t believe the government&#8217;s explanation of acting against illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea is to generate hate towards average Indian Muslims and capitalize on it at the time of elections,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-93049\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4654;&#10;        --source-height: 3102;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4654x3102+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fc8%2F308f3eec48f09bc017bd757abfbc%2Fgettyimages-2211431991.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Detained Bangladeshi migrants sit at a crime branch office following an overnight operation by the state police in Ahmedabad, India, on April 26.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Detained Bangladeshi migrants sit at a crime branch office following an overnight operation by the state police in Ahmedabad, India, on April 26.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Sam Panthaky\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Sam Panthaky\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He notes that tight races are coming up in three states in the next few months and &#8220;crackdowns against Muslims have worked in the past.&#8221; Last month, the BJP&#8217;s X account for one such state posted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BJP4Assam\/status\/1967625861194277211\" target=\"_blank\">an artificial intelligence-generated video<\/a> warning of a large influx of Muslims in skullcaps and burqas unless the party was voted back in power.<\/p>\n<p>Such tactics, says Salam, distract from government failures \u2014 like falling short in generating employment, building schools or hospitals, and the fact that the Indian government has still not identified the militants behind the April attack in Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>For those who were at the receiving end, like Mustafa Kamal, the memories of forced expulsion are still fresh.<\/p>\n<p>He is now at his mother&#8217;s village in West Bengal. He says he wants to go back to selling <em>jhalmuri <\/em>in Mumbai, where he can earn a lot more than he does working on a farm back home. If the police come for him, he will feed them too.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be a choice, he says, citing a Hindi saying that translates to, &#8220;When you live in the sea, don&#8217;t make enemies out of crocodiles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/11\/nx-s1-5564784\/india-muslims\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Rohingya refugee woman walks home, carrying a container of drinking water fetched from a distribution point in Madanpur Khadar Rohingya refugee camp, in New Delhi, India. 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