‘Waiting for her to walk through the door’: father of woman pushed into Bangladesh

Bhodu Sheikh is hopeful but not sure about seeing his daughter Sunali Khatun, her husband Danish Sheikh and their eight-year-old son, who were pushed into Bangladesh earlier this year, a day after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to consider allowing them entry into India on “humanitarian grounds”. “She is nine months pregnant and due to deliver her third child. So, until I see her walk through the door of my house, I will not be relieved,” Mr. Bhodu Sheikh told The Hindu over the phone from his home in Birbhum, West Bengal. He added, “The government should take corrective action and bring her back. What will be the nationality of my grandchild if they are born in another country?”