Overview
- Biswajit Pegu, Director of Census Operations, Assam, issued the certificate on March 6, recognising her as an Indian citizen effective February 8, 1988 and validating her voter ID and Aadhaar.
- Das applied under the CAA on February 12, 2025, with hearings held at the Silchar Superintendent of Post Offices and a field verification by Home Ministry officials in May 2025.
- Foreigners’ Tribunal No. 6 in Silchar had declared her an illegal migrant on February 5, 2019, after which she was detained from May 10, 2019 to May 17, 2021 before release on bail under a Supreme Court directive.
- A police inquiry and chargesheet by sub-inspector Ajmal Hossain Laskar naming her Bangladesh address were used as admissible documentation required by CAA rules.
- Lawyers and activists say this is the first known case in Assam of a person previously detained as a declared foreigner receiving citizenship under the CAA, signalling a procedural precedent for similar applications.