uwahati, June 7

Kargil war veteran Mohammed Sanaullah, who was sent to a detention camp in Assam after a tribunal declared him a “foreigner”, was granted bail by the Gauhati High Court today.

A Division Bench heard a writ petition, along with an interlocutory application, and granted bail to Sanaullah on two local sureties of Rs 20,000 each.

The Bench ruled that Sanaullah cannot leave Kamrup district, of which he is a resident, without the permission of its Superintendent of Police. It also issued notices on the respondents, including the Union of India, the Assam Government and the Foreigners’ Tribunal, Boko.

Sanaullah is likely to be released from the detention centre tomorrow. Sanaullah, who retired from the Army in 2017, was awarded the President’s Medal in 2014. — PTI