India, Feb. 7 -- Indian migrants, who have recently been deported to India by the United States, shared their heartbreaking accounts of being duped by unscrupulous travel agents to whom they paid lakhs in hopes of reaching the US.

Most of these deportees, who went to the US in search of a better life and career, said they were promised a smooth journey but instead found themselves in legal turmoil, enduring months of hardship, hunger, and exploitation.

"I was assured that I would reach the US within a month, but it turned out to be a lie," said Robin Handa, whose family paid Rs.43 lakh to a travel agent.

Over the next six months, the 27-year-old computer engineer from Ismailabad in Haryana's Kurukshetra travelled across countries and c...