New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- YouTuber Sachin Awasthi claimed that he and his wife, Deepshikha Mishra, were detained by immigration authorities in South Korea for 38 hours and denied entry to Jeju Island.

In a viral Instagram post, Awasthi, who said he was forced to book an expensive return ticket to India

"We landed in Jeju Island, South Korea excited and ready for our trip," he wrote. "We were denied entry and taken to a holding area. No proper explanation just told to wait. And we waited."

The influencer said that the South Korean authorities held them for "38 hours - without clarity."

"They kept us in their detention centre (it was similar to a jail with no sunlight & no access to outside) and also gave us jail food. Nobody told us what w...