Ludhiana, Feb. 7 -- A 21-year-old woman, Muskaan, from Ludhiana, who was among the 104 Indians deported from the United States on a special military flight, on Thursday said that those affected got to know about their deportation only after landing in Amritsar. Pleading for help to return to the UK and complete her studies, she said that the deportees, barring minors, were handcuffed throughout the journey back to India.

The woman, a student of business management at CU College, London, had initially travelled to Mexico before being detained at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana. She insists she never attempted to enter the US illegally.

"I am being told that I can't return to the UK or travel anywhere else. My studies are incomplete. If I...