Riyazul Islam says he had to produce family documents going back to 1951 to prove he was an Indian and not an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant. But a draft list of citizens excludes him and his mother, among a total of about 4 million people left off.

Amid concern over the controversial citizenship verification process which put a question mark on the status of over 4 million people living in Assam, India has said Bangladesh has nothing to worry about and it will have no impact on relations between the two countries.