India, Dec. 4 -- Indian external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar on Thursday stated that 73-year-old Harjit Kaur was maltreated by ICE officials during her detention in the United States.

Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh woman who had spent three decades in the United States, was deported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September.

Kaur was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on September 8, after all her asylum applications were unsuccessful.

She first moved to the US in 1991 with her two sons and worked in the country while trying to apply for asylum.

Speaking about the Indian woman's deportation in the Rajya Sabha, the EAM stated that while Kaur was not handcuffed, she was maltreated duri...