Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said, “The government is working against any kind of illegal pushin or push-back.”
The minister said this in response to questions from journalists at an emergency press conference in the conference room of the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Secretariat on Tuesday (June 2) afternoon.
After the arrival of the new BJP government in India's West Bengal, it is seen that a large number of Bangladeshis are being detained in the border areas and kept at the border, whether they will be pushed or not, the home minister said in response to a journalist's question, “We are also hearing this. We have BGB alerts at the border. We are against illegal pushin.”
The Home Minister said, “If any citizen of Bangladesh has gone to that country for any reason, if their National ID, identification verification is done, if any such list is sent by the Central Government of India to our Ministry of External Affairs, then it will be followed according to the legal repectation process. We have no such matter pending.”
Salahuddin Ahmad said, “If there is any pending in the past, it must be addressed legally.”
When asked about jungle Salimpur, the home minister said, “We don't want to leak our plans yet. Because if these information gets leaked, later we will have a little difficulty in all these rescue operations and it will be difficult in the operation.”
Salahuddin Ahmad said, “The residents of Jungle Salimpur have been living in government-owned land for a long time for whatever reason. We will not evict them, if ever there is a government facility in that place. They will be rehabilitated as per the need. But we will not keep any hideout of terrorists there. It will take some time for it to be eradicated.”
Regarding the murder case of child Ramisa in Pallavi of the capital, Minister Salahuddin Ahmad said, “The testimony of most of the witnesses in the case has been completed so far. The government is cooperating in bringing the remaining witnesses to court.”
However, stating that it is not appropriate to comment on pending matters, the Home Minister said, “Everyone expects the trial to be completed quickly. We are trying to ensure that environment. But when or what the verdict will be, it is entirely a matter for the court.”
When asked about the information about the involvement of a new person in the investigation of the case, the minister said, “There is no specific information in this regard.”
He said that some formalities like taking the testimony of doctors and forensic experts are still left.
