British MP deported to Dubai

A British MP, critical of India's move to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir's special status, on Monday said she was denied entry despite a valid visa after she landed at Delhi airport and deported to Dubai from where she had flown into the Indian capital. Labour Party MP Debbie Abraham's charge of a valid visa was rebutted by India's Home ministry which said she was informed about her e-visa being cancelled.

Abrahams, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Kashmir, said she was travelling on a valid evisa to India to visit family and friends but her visa was revoked without explanation. When contacted, Abrahams told PTI she "had not received any emails before February 13". After that, she had been travelling and was away from office.

Her e-visa was reportedly issued last October, and was valid until October 2020.

Recounting her experience at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, she said in a statement on Twitter that she arrived here on Monday morning and was informed that her e-visa has been cancelled.

In her statement, the officer at the immigration desk was very rude and aggressive, shouting 'Come with me'. She was then taken to a cordoned off area marked as a Deportee Cell and said in a subsequent statement that she was "treated like a criminal".

She said later several immigration officials came to her but none of them knew why her e-visa was cancelled. "Even the person who seemed to be in charge said he didn't know and was really sorry about what had happened."