The Gauhati High Court has intervened in the case of Mumtaz Begum, a resident of Dhing in Assam’s Nagaon district, who was deported to Bangladesh earlier this year. According to court records, Begum was taken into custody by authorities on May 30. Approximately two weeks later, she was expelled from India and sent to Bangladesh.

The court’s directive requires both the central government and the Assam state government to track her current whereabouts and report back to the judiciary. The legal proceedings follow concerns regarding the circumstances of her detention and subsequent removal from the country. While the court has mandated that the authorities trace the woman, the specific legal grounds for her initial detention and the procedural steps taken during her deportation remain under review. The government agencies involved have been tasked with providing a status update to the court to clarify how the deportation was executed and where the individual is currently located.