India, Feb. 5 -- A US military aircraft carrying illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar this afternoon, marking the first such deportation under Donald Trump's second term. The US Air Force aircraft took off from San Antonio, Texas, and landed at Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport in Punjab's Amritsar.

As news of the deportation broke a few hours ago, pictures of people sitting in handcuffs began to circulate on social media with claims that they depicted the Indian immigrants who were being flown out of the United States.

One picture shows men in handcuffs, with chains around their ankles and face masks obscuring their faces. Another shows a row of men walking with hands cuffed behind their backs.

The pics generated outra...