53 US deportees reach Haryana: Officials

A flight carrying 53 residents of Haryana, deported from the US for allegedly staying illegally, landed at the Delhi airport on Saturday night, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday, adding that all of them have been handed over to their family.

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The latest flight comes nearly 10 months after deportation of more than 300 Indians in three US military flights had caused a controversy as women and children too were handcuffed and put in shackles, and the matter was subsequently taken up by the Indian side with US authorities. In July this year, external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said that the US had deported a total of 1,563 Indian nationals since January.

According to the officials familiar with the matter, the latest flight had residents of Haryana --16 from Karnal district, 14 from Kaithal, five each from Ambala and Kurukshetra, four from Yamunanagar, three from Jind and one each from Rohtak, Panipat, Panchkula, Fatehabad and Sonepat districts. The official added that the home district of one of the deportees was yet to be ascertained.