Kolkata, Aug. 12 -- Days after the Mumbai Police detained Sahida Fakir, branding her as a Bangladeshi, her husband, Jumman Fakir, received a call from her, claiming she had been sent to Bangladesh.

On the evening of July 19, 40-year-old Sahida was picked up by the police while on her way to a nearby market in Mumbai. She had left her 10-year-old son at home to buy food. Her husband later got a call from the authorities claiming Sahida was detained on "suspicion of being an illegal immigrant".

Junman immediately went to the police station, where Sahida reportedly told him that the police officers forcibly dragged her to a building where individuals accused of being "illegal immigrants" were being held. "They took away the food she had bo...