Jammu, Aug. 25 -- A 12-member delegation of Opposition leaders led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was sent back by the Jammu & Kashmir Government from Srinagar airport after detaining them at the airport for around three hours on Saturday.

The delegation was visiting Srinagar to take stock of the ground situation in the aftermath of scrapping of Article 370. On their arrival in Srinagar airport, the leaders of the delegation were escorted to the VIP lounge and were not allowed to move out of the airport premises.

Amid chaos and confusion, which prevailed inside airport premises, some media persons, accompanying the delegation, were reportedly heckled by the security personnel deployed at the airport. The security personnel repeatedly told ...