India, Nov. 2 -- The Indian immigration authorities had no role in stopping a Nepali citizen at Delhi's IGI airport from travelling to Berlin, Germany, and it was the airline concerned which did not allow the passenger to board the aircraft considering her visa validity, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Saturday.
In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it has been reported that Shambhavi Adhikari, a Nepali citizen heading to Berlin, was stopped at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and sent back to Kathmandu. "The incident has been wrongly portrayed as bias/discrimination against Nepali citizens. It is to clarify that the Indian immigration authorities have no role to play in this entire episode," the statement...