New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that Sikh woman Harjit Kaur, who was recently deported from the US, was not handcuffed at the time of her removal, although she did face custodial abuse before boarding the flight to India.<\/p>\n
Responding to concerns raised by a Member of Parliament, Jaishankar referred to the account given by Kaur’s lawyer, who had said, \u201cThankfully they did not handcuff her. One officer was going to do so, but another officer stopped him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jaishankar added that Indian immigration officials had verified the situation upon the flight\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever a flight carrying deportations lands\u2014whether chartered or commercial\u2014our officers interview every person,\u201d he said. \u201cIn this case, they confirmed that she was not handcuffed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that Sikh woman Harjit Kaur, who was recently deported from the US, was not handcuffed at the time of her removal, although she did face custodial abuse before boarding the flight to India. Responding to concerns raised by a Member of Parliament, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,37,21],"tags":[11764,11763],"class_list":["post-56462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-national","category-political-news","tag-but-faced-custodial-abuse","tag-jaishankar-says-sikh-woman-deported-from-us-was-not-handcuffed"],"yoast_head":"\n