New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- The 73-year-old Punjabi woman, Harjit Kaur, who was recently deported from the US after spending over three decades in California, said she was not given "any reason" for her arrest.

Recounting harrowing details, Kaur said she was "cuffed and shackled" when she was taken from San Francisco to Bakersfield. At the detention centre, she survived on chips and cookies, as they served beef - which Kaur said she does not eat.

Despite paying her taxes and diligently marking her attendance to ICE authorities every six months, Kaur said she was detained by immigration authorities in California after she went for a routine check

Later, she was handcuffed by the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials in the midd...