Exploitation of Indians residing in Indian Enclaves of Bangladesh

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Secretaries of Union Home Ministry and External Affairs Ministry, Chief Secretaries of West Bengal and Assam and District Magistrates of Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri, West Bengal requiring them to enquire into allegations that the Indians residing in the Indian Enclaves of Bangladesh were being denied basic amenities; many of them had not been included in Census for land compensation and women were being captured and sexually exploited.
The Commission noted that the "Text of Exchange of Letters on Modalities for Implementation of India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement 1974 and Protocol of 2011 to the Land Boundary Agreement", specify the modalities for implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement of 1974 and Protocol of 2011 to the Land Boundary Agreement.
The Clause 1(iv) of the letter dated 6th June, 2015, signed by the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries, states that both the Governments shall facilitate orderly, safe and secure passage to the residents of enclaves along with their personal belongings and moveable property to the mainland of India or Bangladesh, as the case may be, including through provision of travel documents. There-fore, it observed that if the allegations of the complainant were true, these incidents amount to violation of not only human rights but also the agreement between the two nations.
The complainant, Shri Ashwani Kumar Roy, representing the Indian Enclaves People's Committee and Kuchlibari Sangram Committee requested for an inquiry into the matter, carrying out new Census to include the names of the excluded persons, compensation to the Indians who lost their land in terms of the Land Boundary Agreement and sending security forces immediately to rescue the Indians in Indian Enclaves in Bangladesh and bring them back to India.