A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, observed that the possession of Indian identity documents does not always prove genuine Indian citizenship. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh made this observation during the hearing on a case related to possession of a fake passport. He also observed that many illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators, after possessing such fake Indian documents, also pay taxes and file Income Tax returns to authenticate their Indian citizenship and referred to instances of the US sending back illegal Indian infiltrators there. Recently, cops in West Bengal arrested Dulal Shil and his wife Swapna Shil from East Burdwan district on charges of possessing fake Indian passports. However, Justice Ghosh was not satisfied with the arguments of the defence counsel and also rejected their bail pleas. The West Bengal Police has begun a crackdown on rackets arranging for forged identity documents, including forged passports for Bangladesh infiltrators. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255.
