New Delhi, Nov 1 (UNI) The Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that the Indian immigration authorities have no role in the entire episode related to a case of disallowing a Nepal citizen from travelling, and said the incident has been wrongly portrayed as discrimination against Nepali citizens.
The ministry has said that India values its strong relationship with Nepal and reassures that no Indian authority has any bias or discrimination against citizens of Nepal, an official statement said.
The MHA said that it has been reported that a citizen of Nepal, heading to Berlin, was stopped at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), and was sent back to Kathmandu.
The Home Ministry further informed that the passenger had arrived from Kathmandu by Air India and was transiting through Delhi, and she was stopped while boarding the connecting flight of Qatar Airways.
The ministry has said that it was the airlines which decided not to let her undertake her onward travel to Germany considering her visa validity and flew her back to Kathmandu.
This is usually undertaken in accordance with the destination country’s rules and requirements.
The Nepali citizen, Shambhavi, then rescheduled her travel dates and later travelled taking another route from Kathmandu.
According to the MHA, international transit passengers are not required to approach Indian immigration for their onward journey and this is a matter between the airlines and the passenger with absolutely no role of Indian immigration authorities.
Indian Immigration had no role in disallowing Nepali citizen travelling: MHA
