Amritsar: Two flights carrying 119 Indian migrants deported from the US are expected to arrive at the Guru Ram Dass International Airport in Amritsar on February 15 and February 16.
The development comes amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US to meet President Donald Trump after he assumed power on January 20. US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks on Thursday and announced various measures to strengthen ties between the two countries. Prime Minister’s two-day visit to the United States focused on key discussions regarding trade tariffs between India and the US, the successful extradition order of 26/11 Mumbai terror accused Tahawwur Rana, and a defense deal involving the F-35 stealth fighter jets.
Sources said that one of the flights is expected to land on Saturday (February 15) and another flight on Sunday (February 16) at the Guru Ram Dass Intentional Airport in Amritsar. Among the deportees, 67 are from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, eight from Gujarat, three from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Rajasthan and Maharashtra and one each from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
Earlier, a US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants from various states had landed in Punjab’s Amritsar on February 5. Of them, 33 each were from Haryana and Gujarat, 30 from Punjab, three each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh.
Some deportees claimed that their hands and legs were cuffed throughout the journey and they were unshackled only after landing in Amritsar.
This triggered nationwide outrage, with the opposition demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the issue with the US during his visit to Washington.
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