Gauhati High Court Expresses Concern Over 1.16 Lakh Declared Foreigners Yet to Be Apprehended in Assam

The Gauhati High Court has expressed serious concern over 1,16,946 declared foreigners who remained unapprehended across Assam’s 36 districts as of June 30, 2026, according to a state government affidavit. A division bench comprising Justices Kalyan Rai Surana and Mridul Kumar Kalita described the situation as grim while hearing a petition filed by Hamida Begum, who was declared a foreigner by a Jorhat Foreigners’ Tribunal. The court rejected her plea for release, noting that her previous legal challenges had failed and that the state government had initiated arrangements for her expulsion.