Kargil war veteran declared ‘foreigner’, detained in Assam

Mohammed Sanaullah, who was the part of the Indian Army during the historic Kargil War in 1999 and served the forces for more than three decades, was sent to a detention camp in Goalpara after he was declared a ‘foreigner’ by a Foreigners' Tribunal in Assam on Tuesday. Family members of the 52-year-old retired honorary captain have now approached the Gauhati High Court, less than 24 hours after he was detained. Ironically, Sanaullah was serving as an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in the Assam Police Border Organisation, and was on the job of picking up suspected foreigners and serving them notices till last year.