Chandigarh, Feb. 17 -- An American military aircraft touched down at Amritsar's Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport late Saturday night, carrying 116 deported Indian immigrants - 99 of them from this part of the region, including highest 65 from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, and one from Himachal Pradesh - who were shackled and handcuffed throughout the grueling 66-hour journey. This was the second such flight within a fortnight, as a part of the US government's intensified crackdown on illegal immigration. But what stunned those waiting at the airport was not just the sheer number of deportees - it was the sight of Sikh men arriving bareheaded, their turbans removed before they were forced onto the plane. The distressing images evoked s...