India strongly registered its concerns with US authorities on treatment meted out to deportees: Govt

New Delhi: India has “strongly registered” its concerns with the US authorities on the treatment meted out to deportees on a flight that landed on February 5, particularly with respect to use of shackles, especially on women, the Centre informed Parliament on Friday.
Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written response to a query in the Lok Sabha also said the “US side has conveyed” to the MEA that detainees on the three deportation flights (that landed on February 5, 15 and 16 respectively) were “not instructed to remove any religious head coverings and that the detainees did not request any religious accommodations during the flights aside from requesting for vegetarian meals”.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in its response said that it had also registered its concerns regarding the need to accommodate the religious sensitivities and food preferences of the deportees.