After being deported from the United States, a group of Indian nationals was sent back from Amritsar Airport following a thorough investigation. The deportation comes as part of ongoing scrutiny of visa holders and immigration procedures in the US.

A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants hailing from various states landed here on Wednesday, the first such batch of Indians deported by the Trump government as part of a crackdown it

The C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the US Air Force landed in Amritsar at 1.55pm a day and a half after taking off from Texas, with a reported stopover in Germany