SILCHAR: A woman of Assam’s Cachar district, who claims that her father’s name was in the electoral rolls of 1966, 1970 and 1989, has been declared a foreigner by the foreigners tribunal-1 (FT-1) in Silchar after it found discrepancies in her records.
The woman, Archana Das (45), a resident of Uttar Krishnapur part-3 village in Cachar district, was declared a foreigner of post-1971 stream on February 25, 2022.
Sources said her citizenship was first questioned by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in 1997. Three cases were registered against her later, in 1998, 1999 and 2011. A notice was issued by the FT-1 on August 18, 2021, following which she appeared before the tribunal and submitted her written statement on December 15, 2021.
Archana, in an affidavit she had submitted, claimed that her father’s name is Harendra Chandra Das and mother’s name is Jyotsna Das. Her father died three years ago and her mother died 11 years ago. She also claimed that her father’s name featured in the voter list of LA-9, Hailakandi district, in 1966, 1970 and 1989 and so she is an Indian by birth. During the hearing, an official from the Election Commission furnished the voter list of LA-9, Hailakandi district of 1966, 1970 and 1989.
The tribunal found that there are lots of discrepancies as the details shared by Archana Das mismatched with the records of the ECI. Later, she was declared a foreigner by the tribunal.
