Plea against deportation to Pakistan

KOCHI: A 65-year-old Kerala-born person, who had been employed in Karachi, approached the Kerala High Court seeking a direction to the Government to abstain from the move to deport him to Pakistan.Kasim Haji of Kannur sought a directive to the police to refrain from arresting and detaining him. He submitted that he was born to Indian parents and was a resident of the state. He had been employed in Karachi and Bangladesh till October 24, 2011. He had never relinquished his Indian nationality by voluntary renunciation, the petitioner submitted.According to the petitioner, he reached India on October 25 by using the passport issued by Bangladesh and a visa issued by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka valid up to December 19.