Indian Scholar Detained in US for Support to Palestine

An Indian postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in the US, Badar Khan Suri, has been detained by federal immigration authorities, reportedly for supporting the Palestinian cause, less than a week after another Indian student self-deported on being accused of involvement in activities supporting Hamas.

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI:

Suri, whose family hails from Jamia Nagar in New Delhi, was studying and teaching on a student visa. His detention is part of the Trump administration's crackdown on student activists accused of opposing US foreign policy.

Masked agents arrested Suri outside his home in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, Politico reported, citing his lawyer's suit filed on Tuesday for his immediate release. The agents identified themselves as operatives of the Department of Homeland Security and told Suri the government revoked his visa.