Kolkata, July 27 -- A Muslim woman from West Bengal was allegedly detained after police and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials branded her as an illegal Bangladeshi despite possessing multiple government records and identification documents proving her Indian citizenship.

Human rights organisation Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking urgent intervention, alleging that the woman identified as Sahida Fakir was arbitrarily detained and illegally arrested after being unlawfully branded as a Bangladeshi.

Kirity Roy, MASUM Secretary and National Convenor of the Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity (PACTI), in a complaint to the Chief Justice of the High Court, claimed tha...