Indian national detained and restrained at Newark airport; set to be deported

AN Indian national from Haryana is set to be deported from the US after being detained at Newark Airport, New Jersey, for entering the country illegally without a valid visa, people familiar with the development confirmed on Tuesday.

- JAYANTH JACOB @New Delhi

The case gained national and diaspora-wide attention after a viral social media video showed US officials handcuffing the man, pinning him to the ground with his hands and legs tied.

Indian-American entrepreneur Kunal Jain, who witnessed the scene, posted the video online, describing the individual, believed to be a student, as "crying, treated like a criminal," and called the episode "a human tragedy."

The footage has since sparked outrage among the Indian diaspora and triggered calls for accountability.