India, Nov. 2 -- Reacting to reports of a Nepali national being stopped at New Delhi airport, India on Saturday clarified that its immigration authorities had no role to play.

The Nepali citizen, identified as Shambhavi Adhikari, was headed to Berlin in Germany, and was reportedly stopped at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, and sent back to Kathmandu.

However, the Ministry of Home Affairs later clarified that the Indian immigration authorities weren't involved, and that it was the concerned airline that stopped Shambhavi from boarding the plane.

According to the MHA statement, the Nepali citizen had arrived in Delhi on an Air India plane and was set to board a connecting flight to Berlin. However, the Qatar Airways...