India, Nov. 8 -- New Delhi

A 36-year-old British national who was being deported from Thailand to the United Kingdom (UK) managed to escape from the immigration area during a halt for a connecting flight at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and escaped into the city on October 29, raising concerns over a serious security lapse. He does not have a valid visa to stay in India and has not been traced in 10 days since the incident, two police officers familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The man, identified as Jordan Joseph Peter Fitz Patrick, arrived at the IGI Airport around noon on October 28 from Bangkok by an Air India flight. His connecting flight, run by Air India, to London from the Delhi airport was to take off nearly...