India, May 16 -- Badar Khan Suri, an Indian researcher at Georgetown University, was released from federal custody after nearly two months of detention in a US immigration facility in Texas, following a court order issued Wednesday by US District Judge Patricia Giles.

Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow, was arrested in March at his home in Virginia over alleged ties to Hamas, a group designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States. President Donald Trump administration revoked his student visa, citing his wife's familial connections to Gaza, and accused him of supporting Hamas through social media activity.

Following his release, Suri spoke out for the first time, describing what he called inhumane conditions during his ...