New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the deportation of Indian nationals from United States is "not a new issue" and the government is engaging with the US to ensure that returning deportees are not mistreated in any manner during the flight.

The minister, who made a statement in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, said that enforcement agencies will take necessary preventive and exemplary actions against those who indulged in wrongdoing and encouraged illegal immigration.

Opposition parties slammed the government inside and outside the parliament, saying that the deported Indians had been brought an "inhuman manner" in a US military plane and alleged that they were "ill-treated and hand-cuffed"....