Overview
- Sonitpur’s district commissioner issued 24-hour expulsion orders to five Dhobokata residents under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, specifying exit via the Dhubri, Sribhumi or South Salmara–Mankachar routes.
- The directives rely on Foreigners Tribunal No. 2 rulings dated October 24, 2025, stemming from Border Wing references filed in 2006, with officials noting ex parte decisions in the cases.
- Police say the individuals’ whereabouts are unknown and confirm an active search after officers found no trace of them at the listed addresses.
- The notices instruct authorities to delete the five from electoral rolls, cancel ration cards, freeze or cancel Aadhaar, and remove them from government schemes.
- This enforcement follows a September state cabinet approval of a standard operating procedure for using the 1950 Act, which the chief minister has said would significantly curtail the role of foreigners tribunals.