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US illegal immigration: FIR filed against 4 agents in Haryana’s Karnal amid S Jaishankar’s call for ‘strong crackdown’
US illegal immigration: An FIR has been filed against four agents in Haryana under the Immigration Act after complaints from three recently deported individuals.
US illegal immigration: An FIR has been filed against four agents from Karnal in Haryana under the Immigration Act. Three individuals recently deported from the United States registered the complaint against the agents, according to a report by News18.
While speaking on the case registered, SSP Rural Charanjit Singh Sohal told ANI,“... Daler Singh, one of the deportees, has given an application to the police alleging that he had paid ₹60 lakhs to a travel agent to go the US. But he was not sent to the US legally, for which he has submitted this application."
He added, “the police have registered an FIR after a preliminary enquiry. The accused Satnam Singh's offices have been raided and he is absconding... His phone is also switched off... His offices are being sealed... His wife is being interrogated about his whereabouts and hideouts...”
Recently, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the deportation process against US illegal immigration has been going on for a long time, and it is not a recent development. The government is actively engaging with the US to make sure deported Indians are not mistreated, Jaishankar added.
The External Affairs Minister made this claim in the Rajya Sabha after the opposition parties criticised the government over the mistreatment towards 104 illegal Indian immigrants who landed in Amritsar on Wednesday in a US military plane. Reportedly, many deportees said they were shackled.
The deportees, including 19 women, were shackled for 40 hours and had limited access to the toilet during their transportation, Congress Party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala claimed.
“Is this indicative of how one behaves with terrorists or militants, or is this a humane way to deal with Indians,” he said.
“We are engaging the US government to ensure that the returning deportees are not mistreated in any manner during the flight,” Jaishankar said following the criticism in Parliament.
“It is in our collective interest to encourage legal mobility and discourage illegal movement," and Indian agencies will take “preventive and exemplary actions” against a network of “agents” facilitating illegal migration from India, Jaishankar added.
Jaishankar asserted that strong measures should be taken against the illegal migration industry and steps should be taken to ease the Visa process for legitimate travellers. “Our focus should be on a strong crackdown,” the Minister said in the Parliament.
According to Jaishankar, all countries are responsible for taking back illegal migrants residing abroad.
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First Published:7 Feb 2025, 04:14 PM IST
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