Quite unnecessary, says Tharoor over alleged mistreatment to deported Indian nationals

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed dismay over the alleged mistreatment to Indian nationals, who were recently deported from the US.

He, however, said the US had the right to deport people if they were staying illegally in the country.

Member of Parliament Tharoor said it was not good to hear that these deported Indian nationals were brought back “forcibly in a military plane and handcuffed”.

“That was quite unnecessary. It should have been enough to put them on a commercial aircraft or civilian aeroplane and send them back. If you want to do a mass deportation, do in civilian charters. That would have been the more humane thing to do,” said Tharoor, as quoted by ANI.

He said, “By and large, these people had no bad intentions, they are not criminals, they are not convicted of anything else. They are there to make a better life for themselves which they have done by violating your laws so you can send them out. But, handcuffing and putting them in a military aircraft and sending them in this way, I think India should say that this is not entirely advisable...," he said.