Silchar. A Bangladeshi student studying at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Silchar, Assam was sent back to her country after she responded to an anti-India post on social media with a ‘love’ emoji, police said on Tuesday. Cachar Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta claimed that it was “not a deportation” but she was sent back in consultation with Bangladesh authorities.
The Superintendent of Police said that Maisha Mahjabin, a fourth semester student of the Electronics and Communication Department of NIT Silchar, was sent back to Bangladesh on Monday through the Integrated Check Post at Sutarkandi in Karimganj district. Mahatta told PTI-Bhasha, “This is not a case of deportation … She had reacted with a ‘love’ emoji to an anti-India post made by one of her seniors and NIT Silchar alumnus Sahadat Hussain Alfi on the social media platform ‘Facebook’.” He told that Alfi had left India about six months ago after completing his course and he now lives in Bangladesh.
The Superintendent of Police claimed that many people had expressed their anger over the post to which the student had responded with a ‘love’ emoji. Mehta also said that Mahjabeen had requested the NIT Silchar authorities to allow her to go to her country.
When asked if she will return to complete her course, the Superintendent of Police said, “She has not completed her course yet. Nothing can be said right now about whether she will return again to complete her studies or not.” Currently, a total of 70 students from Bangladesh are studying in NIT Silchar under mutual consent of the Indian and Bangladeshi governments.
Mahatta said that out of these, about 40 Hindu students are from Bangladesh.
He said, “I myself have met the students and requested them not to do anything wrong or get involved in any anti-India activity.” Meanwhile, Subhashish Chowdhury, a spokesperson of a Hindu organization, told PTI-Bhasha that he saw the anti-India post of the former student and informed the police to take necessary action. He said, “We sent some anti-India posts to the police, which were made from Rajshahi University in Bangladesh. She (Mahjabeen) supported one such post with a ‘love’ emoji.”