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Booked in 2 FIRs, Ludhiana deportee detained for police verification | Chandigarh News

Booked in 2 FIRs, Ludhiana deportee detained for police verification | Chandigarh News

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Twenty six-old-year Gurwinder Singh, a resident of Sasrali Colony in Ludhiana’s Meharban, was among the second batch of deportees who landed at Punjab’s Amritsar International Airport from the United States, late on Saturday. A graduate, Gurwinder is the son of a Punjab Police officer. As soon as he returned to Ludhiana, Gurwinder was detained by the local police for verification. He has past criminal record, police said. “Gurwinder was booked in two FIRs for alleged snatching and theft. He got bail in 2022, but we are verifying if he is wanted in any other case,” inspector Gurpreet Singh, SHO, Meharban police station, said. Gurwinder was yet to be released by local police until the filing of this report. Story continues below this ad Speaking to The Indian Express, his wife Hardeep Kaur said: “My husband was booked in false police cases in 2021 and 2022, as he was a member of the pro-Khalistan party Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar). He supported SAD(A) chief. Simranjit Singh Mann. He later got bail in both cases.” According to Gurwinder’s …

US Plane Carrying 205 Deported Indians To Land In Amritsar In Afternoon

US Plane Carrying 205 Deported Indians To Land In Amritsar In Afternoon

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Amritsar: A US military aircraft carrying around 200 illegal Indian immigrants is likely to land at the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport here on Wednesday afternoon. Earlier, the aircraft was expected to land in the morning. So far, details of those on the plane are not available. According to reports, the US military plane C-17 is carrying 205 illegal immigrants hailing from Punjab and neighbouring states. Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Tuesday that the state government would receive the immigrants and set up counters at the airport. Punjab NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the US government’s decision and said these individuals, who contributed to that country’s economy, should have been granted permanent residency instead of being deported. He said many Indians entered the US on work permits which later expired, making them illegal immigrants. The minister said he plans to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar next week to discuss the concerns and interests of Punjabis living in the US. Dhaliwal had also …