Kolkata, July 29 -- The Calcutta High Court held that a person's Aadhaar, voter identity card, Permanent Account Number (PAN), and bank account are not conclusive proof of Indian citizenship, while hearing Nasir's case, who was detained and branded as Bangladeshi.

The division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi said Nasir and his cousin, Suman Molla, were given multiple chances to prove that the detainee was an Indian citizen by birth.

According to a Times of India report, Suman claimed that Nasir's father died in 1980 and he helped raise Nasir. However, the court pointed that it was inclined to disbelieve the claim as Nasir was older than Suman by eight years.

The bench said both Nasir and Suman did not arr...