Ahead of the publication of final NRC list in Assam, ten persons declared foreigners have been released on bail from a detention camp in Goalpara district, a police official said here on Monday.
The ten have been released as per a Supreme Court direction that those declared foreigners and are under detention for more than three years should be released on bail, he said.
The ten persons, including a woman, have been granted bail by the Foreigners Tribunal for a surety bond of Rs two lakh each and their biometric details, district additional superintendent of police Amitabh Basumotary said.
Their conditional release began on August 9 and they were allowed to leave the camp which is located inside Goalpara district jail, Basumotary said.
The final National Register of Citizens list, which will identify bonafide citizens of Assam, is set to be published on August 31.
Of the ten granted bail, nine are from Goalpara district and one from neighbouring Chirang district. They are aged between 39 and 69 years.