‘Handcuffed, crying’ Indian student in US pinned to ground, deported; video sparks outrage
A video of an Indian student handcuffed and pinned to the floor at an airport in the United States before he was deported, has triggered massive outrage.The clip was shared by X user Kunal Jain, an Indian-American social entrepreneur who writes books in Hindi, and recently relocated to India. According to Singh, the incident occurred at Newark Airport.He tagged the Indian Embassy, as well as external affairs minister S Jaishankar, seeking help for the boy.“I witnessed a young Indian student being deported from Newark Airport last night— handcuffed, crying, treated like a criminal. He came chasing dreams, not causing harm. As an NRI, I felt helpless and heartbroken. This is a human tragedy,” he posted on his social media handle.“This poor kid’s parent won’t know what’s happening to him. @IndianEmbassyUS @DrSJaishankar he was to be boarded last night in the same flight with me but he never got boarded. Someone needs to find out what’s going on with him at New Jersey authorities. I found him disoriented,” Jain stated.Further, he said it appeared from the student’s accent that the latter is from the northern Haryana state in India. The boy, he noted, was shouting, “I am not crazy…they are hell bent to prove that I am crazy.”“These children get their visas and get on a flight in the morning. For some reason, they are unable to explain the reason for their visit to the immigration authorities and are sent back on the evening flight tied up like criminals. Every day 3-4 such cases are happening. There have been more such cases in the last few days,” Jain wrote.As per the Ministry of External Affairs, the administration of US President Donald Trump, since assuming power in January, has deported as many as 1,080 Indian nationals from America.
