Distressed families avoid media glare

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, Updated At : 07:54 AM Feb 18, 2025 IST

With the steady stream of deportees returning to the country, the returnees and their families increasingly refuse to entertain the queries of the media. Baldev Singh, the grandfather of deportee Taranjit Singh (19) from Pojewal village (in Nawanshahr) refused to speak, only stating “I am thankful to God, our son has returned safe and sound. I don’t want to speak any further.”

Taranjit was in England from where he planned to go to the US, he reached the US on January 25, the family shared. Families at Sultanpur Lodhi, Mukerian among other places also refused to speak to media.

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