The detention centre at Goalpara in Assam for those declared foreigners following the NRC exercise and subsequent verification process, played a key role in the Id celebrations of two families, living some 40 km apart.
For the first time in her almost 30 years of married life, Samina Begum did not celebrate Id-ul-Fitr. Her husband, ex-serviceman Mohammed Sanaullah, was taken from their home in Guwahati to the detention centre on May 28, five days after a Foreigners Tribunal order.
“How can I?” was all an disconsolate Ms. Samina could say.