The third batch of illegal Indian immigrants who were deported from the US to Punjab's Amritsar are now being sent to their respective states. The aircraft carrying the third batch of Indian nationals arrived just a day after the second batch of Indian nationals who allegedly illegally migra
According to an official release, Mbah, originally from Nigeria, arrived in Mumbai in 2012 on a business visa and initially engaged in the cloth trade.
To strengthen security in Dwarka and its surrounding islands, particularly in response to recent illegal encroachments, a military exercise titled 'Jal-Thal-Raksha 2025' was organised at Bet Dwarka.
Reacting to the deportation of the second batch of Indian nationals, who were allegedly living illegally in the US, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that he was not happy about the Americans choosing military aircraft for sending them back.
Sourav, one of the alleged illegal Indian immigrants who were deported from the US to Amritsar, opened up on his harrowing experience and said that around Rs 45 lakhs were spent to help him go to the US, but everything went in vain.
"He (Bhagwant Mann) is a part of the 'tukde tukde' gang who always thinks of dividing the nation. His agents are working in Punjab and illegal shops are running here... isn't that something to be ashamed of??" he further said.
Punjab's NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO met illegal Indian immigrants who were deported from the US to Amritsar.
The senior Congress leader said that the Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act, 2012, regulates the profession of travel agents to check and curb the illegal and fraudulent activities of the persons and travel agents indulged in organised human smuggling in Punjab.