सुप्रीम कोर्ट बोला- भारत धर्मशाला नहीं: जो हर किसी को शरण दे; श्रीलंकाई तमिल नागरिक ने जान का खतरा बताकर पनाह मांगी थी

The Supreme Court on Monday said in a case related to the refugee that India is not a Dharamshala. Why should refugees from all over the world give shelter in India? We are struggling with 140 crore people. We cannot give shelter to refugees from everywhere. The Supreme Court made this comment while dismissing the petition of a Sri Lankan citizen.

In fact, the Madras High Court had ordered the Sri Lankan citizen to immediately leave India as soon as the sentence of 7 years in the UAPA case was completed. Against this, he had filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding intervention.

The petitioner said in the Supreme Court that he had come to India with a visa. His life in Sri Lanka is threatened. His wife and children have settled in India, and have been in custody for three years, but the process of exile did not begin.

The petitioner stated that he fought as a member of LTTE in the Sri Lankan war in 2009, so he has been declared ‘Black-Gajated’ (desired) in Sri Lanka. If he is sent back, he may have to face arrest and torture. He also said that his wife is suffering from many diseases and his son is struggling with congenital heart disease.

Understand the whole matter The case is of a Sri Lankan Tamil citizen, who was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of being associated with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). LTTE was the earlier terrorist organization in Sri Lanka. In 2018, a lower court sentenced him to 10 years under the illegal activity (prevention) Act.