India to deport seven Rohinya Muslims to Myanmar

They had been in an Indian jail since 2012 on charges of illegal entry.

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Guwahati: Seven Rohingya Muslims, jailed since 2012 on charges of illegal entry, were put in a bus on Wednesday and sent to the border to be deported to neighbouring Myanmar, a border police official told Reuters.

"This is a routine procedure, we deport all illegal foreigners," said Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, additional director general of police in India`s northeastern state of Assam.