India, Feb. 21 -- Popular YouTuber Sachin Awasthi has claimed that he was detained and denied entry in Jeju Island, South Korea and was kept for long hours in detention centre and forced to book an expensive return ticket back to India.

He said he faced the same ordeal during transit through China, where he was made to wait, kept under supervision and put under communication restriction.

In an Instagram post, Awasthi said he landed on Jeju Island, South Korea, with a group of friends and was "excited and ready" for the trip. But, he claimed, everything changed within a few hours and he was was treated like a "criminal".

"Detained for 38 hours in South Korea (Jeju Island) & China. We landed in Jeju Island, South Korea, excited and ready...