Kargil veteran Mohammad Sanaullah excluded from NRC

August 31: Kargil War veteran Mohammad Sanaullah who was declared a “foreigner” and lodged in a detention centre in Assam who was later granted interim bail on 7 June by the Gauhati High Court failed to secure his place in the final NRC declared on 31 August 2019.

He had appealed in the Gauhati High Court against the Foreigner’s Tribunal order after he was declared a foreigner. His appeal is pending in the Gauhati High Court. As per information available, the names of Sanaullah’s three children – two daughters and son – are also missing from the final Assam NRC list. However, Sanaullah’s wife’s name has made way to the final list.

A petition has been filed by his family at the Gauhati High Court challenging the order passed by the Foreigners’ Tribunal. Assam’s Directorate of Sainik Welfare has offered to provide legal assistance to Sana Ullah. The case against Sana Ullah was registered at the Foreigners’ Tribunal in 2009. However, he came to know about it only in 2017. He had joined the army in 1987 and had taken part in the Kargil war of 1999. A petition by him mentioned that no inquiry officer visited his house and that no notice has ever been served to him.

Mohammed Sanaullah retired as a Honourary Captain of Indian Army in 2017. In 2014, Sonaullah was also conferred upon a Presidents’ Certificate for his promotion to the rank of Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO). Born in 1967 to one Mohammed Ali of Kalahikash village under Boko in Kamrup district, Sonaullah had joined the Indian Army in 1987 and served for 30 years. After his retirement from the Army, Sonaullah had joined the Assam Police Border Branch as a Sub Inspector.