New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- A war of words erupted between Congress Kerala and journalist Shiv Aroor after Aroor commented on the plight of illegal Indian immigrants deported from the United States to Amritsar. The exchange escalated when Congress Kerala warned Aroor to "stop sniffing Malayali rectums" amidst a debate over claims the deportees were "handcuffed and chained" during their journey.

Following the arrival of 104 deported Indian immigrants in Amritsar, Shiv Aroor shared images of the deportees and tweeted, "Legs chained, handcuffed on flight to India from US, claim deportees among the 104 who landed in a U.S. military C-17 in Amritsar yesterday. This is disgrace."

Aroor later clarified, "I take it from the comments/gyaan that people ...