Punjab police on alert as US deportation flight set to land in Amritsar

The deportation comes arsenic portion of a broader crackdown nether recently elected US President Donald Trump, who has prioritised the removal of individuals who entered the state illegally. During his archetypal telephone with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump reportedly discussed the deportation of 18,000 Indian nationals.

A elder Amritsar territory medication official, speaking connected information of anonymity, said they had received nary directives to detain immoderate deportees. However, authorities are preparing to verify the documents and backgrounds of each individuals arriving.

Punjab constabulary verifying transgression antecedents

Punjab constabulary are peculiarly focused connected identifying immoderate deportees with transgression records successful the state.

“We are funny lone successful those immigrants who person transgression records successful Punjab. It would beryllium a breakthrough if the U.S. has included immoderate of the wanted gangsters successful this flight,” a elder constabulary authoritative said.

Names connected the constabulary radar see Goldy Brar, Swaran Bhola, Happy Passia, Gurjant Bholu, Pardeep Gardiwal, Harpreet Hapoo, Sunny Dayal, Rashpal Singh alias Dana, Gopi Mahal, Amrit Bal, Darmanjot Singh, Sonu Khatri, and Saurabh Gujjar. However, determination is nary confirmation that immoderate of them are successful U.S. custody.

Goldy Brar’s whereabouts stay unclear, with speculation that helium moved to the U.S. aft the sidesplitting of Punjabi vocalist Sidhu Moosewala. While Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had erstwhile claimed Brar’s apprehension successful the US, determination has been nary authoritative confirmation from American authorities. Similarly, Anmol Bishnoi, member of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was reported to beryllium successful Kenya but was aboriginal seen successful videos from a wedding successful the US.

At Amritsar airport, each returnees volition acquisition strict verification. If immoderate idiosyncratic is recovered to person a transgression history, they volition beryllium arrested immediately. The process is expected to instrumentality an full day.

Last year, implicit 1,100 amerciable Indian immigrants were deported from the US In 2023, a full of 67,391 Indians illegally crossed the US border, and astir 20,000 are presently successful enactment for deportation.

India has maintained that it volition judge deportees lone aft owed verification, a stance reiterated by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during his caller gathering with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.