NRI panel wants charges of wrongful detention probed
Thursday, 02/01/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140102/punjab.htm#21
Chandigarh : The NRI Commission, Punjab, today asked the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Protector of Immigrants and Bureau of Immigration, to look into the allegations made by NRI Rupinder Kaur and Dr Harmandeep Rai against immigration and police officials at the IGI International Airport, New Delhi, regarding wrongful detention and harassment in September last year.
After The Tribune brought the matter to light in its columns on November 16, 2013, the case was taken up by North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) which forwarded the compliant to the Punjab NRI Commission.
On September 29, 2013, Rupinder Kaur and her friend Dr Rai were allegedly mistreated, wrongfully detained, harassed and subjected to derogatory remarks by the immigration and police officials at the New Delhi airport.
In her complaint, Rupinder Kaur alleged that she was detained in a room and interrogated by male immigration officers without any women officer present. She was threatened and asked personal and offending questions amounting to "harassment and a violation of privacy of a woman".
The questions regarding her ties with Dr Rai were offensive and humiliating. When she asked about the charges under which she was being detained, the officer on duty told her that they needed to check her credentials as they were on a lookout for some fugitives.
