People who returned to Amritsar in the second-third-fourth consignment from the US Army aircraft were not only held in chains, but also cut their turban and cut the hair cut.
332 Indian immigrants in handcuffs and fetters were launched by the US Army aircraft on February 5, 15 and 16 at Amritsar airport. This is no longer a legal process against the illegal migrants of America, but it has also raised many questions on the diplomatic relations of two countries. The tragic slaves of those who have been inhumanly returned inhumanly describe the traumatic slaves, at a time when the Prime Minister was on a US tour. After the uproar from Parliament to the streets on February 5, 104 deported Indians were returned from the first aircraft on February 5, Vikram Egyptian, the Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs in the cleanliness, said, “It will not be done in future, it will not be discussed with the officials of the Foreign Ministry of America.” A week later, the video of the US President Trump’s government residence of the government residence of US President Trump went viral from the social media ‘X’ of the US President Trump’s government residence, a week later.
Most of the 128 people of Punjab, returned from the US, described inhuman conditions of American Detention Centers. He was not only denied basic human rights, but his religious identity was also taken away. Three times, before landing at Amritsar Airport late at night, American soldiers opened handcuffs and bodies, but what about their heads were open. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee gave turban at the airport to cover the Sikhs without a turban.
Inscuration
Many Punjabi youths who returned from the US deported said that the police did not spare their religious identity in American Detention Centers. He was forced to remove the turban, a symbol of his identity and faith and forcibly cut the hairstyle so that no one would make his turban ‘hanging’.
Jasbir Singh of Tanda (Hoshiarpur), who was about two months at the detention center on the border, said, “When we were arrested, the border patrolling police asked me and four more Sikh brothers to take off the turban. When we protested, they said that you can hang it, so it will have to be removed. Many other Sikh brothers like me had to lose their religious identity. ”
Instead of being seriously raised from the US on playing with religious sentiments, in response to the political color, Shri Akal Takht Sahib Amritsar chief Granthi Sardar Balbir Singh told Outlook, “The Indian government never took seriously the incidents of religious hurting the Sikhs in many other countries including America with inhuman torture.” BJP national spokesperson RP Singh said, “Why is the pro -Khalistan pro -Gurupatwant Pannu silent in the US on the matter of launching a turban of Sikhs exiled from America?”
The objection of the people who returned after humiliated also reveal the struggle of the cheated people at the hands of the illegal immigration agents. Such people who came out at stake in search of better life are called ‘Dunky’ in Punjab and Haryana. The illegal paths with which they infiltrate in a country like America are called ‘Dunkle Route’.
Instead of clutter on autocratic illegal immigration agents, their nets are spreading like Amarbel in all states including Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat. In view of the recent three incidents of exile from the US, the Punjab Police has initiated strict action against illegal immigration agents. So far, an FIR has been registered against more than three dozen travel agents. The state government has also planned to confiscate the assets of illegal agents. According to a report by the Central Bureau of Immigration, 92 percent of travel agents in Punjab are illegally employed. Not a single travel agent is registered in eight districts like Shri Muktsar Sahib, Taran Taran, Faridkot, Pathankot, Ferozepur, Malerkotla, Fazilka and Mansa.
Sukant Trivedi, chairman of the study expert in studies abroad ‘Study Abroad Consultant Association’, says, “Despite knowing, people try to illegally enter America with Dunky Route. They deliberately hand over themselves to the police there. They are then placed in the ‘Immigration Camp’. Relatives take the services of lawyers there to remove them from here. They present their arguments to the court. If the ‘Dunky’ closed in the immigration camp does not become a burden on America, so they are allowed to earn and eat. This permission increases year after year. Green card is available in 8-10 years. That is, Dunki gets the right to live and work. America’s citizenship is also found after 10-15 years.
Politics in Punjab is also fast on the issue of illegal immigration. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accused the central government of conspiring to discredit Punjab, saying, “Why are American aircraft filled with deported people being landed every time at Amritsar Airport?” On Maan’s allegation, the Ministry of External Affairs clarified that “2020 American aircraft have been launched in Amritsar with illegal Indian migrants since 2020.” More people are from Punjab, so the aircraft are landed in Amritsar. ” Taking a dig at the Punjab government, Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa said, “Not taking action against illegal immigration agents in the last three years reflects the government’s failure.” Shiromani Akali Dal leader Vikram Majithia described the incidents of taking away the turban of Sikhs in the US with religious sentiments and demanded a tough stand from the Central and State Government.
The American Dunki route is not just an illegal way, but a symbol of the ruined life of thousands of Punjabi youth
RTI activist Pankaj Vashistha has demanded direction to the state governments in the PIL filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court that those who have returned from the US to the US have broken mentally and financially. They have neither money left nor any means of employment. In such a situation, the state government will have to formulate a concrete policy for their rehabilitation. They need to bring employment, education and business training to the mainstream of society. On this, Punjab NRI department minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal told Outlook, “The Punjab government is considering formulating policy for rehabilitation of youth deported from abroad. The government is in touch with such youth. ”
Returned people
Mandeep Singh (Tarn Taran) “On the night of 15 February, he landed bare head at Amritsar Airport, so the first question of the father and wife who came from home was: Turban is a turban, why is the turban? Some people took my head bare head and put it on social media, which went viral. The next day, many relatives also had the same question, why did the Sikh form change by going to America? Whom should I tell that I have not changed this form, it has been forcibly changed. After catching the American soldiers, my turban was taken off and thrown into the dustbin. Cut the beard and hairstyle too. “
After being in the service of the army for 17 years, Mandeep Singh, who took VRS, went abroad instead of going abroad and came under the guise of an agent for the purpose of improving life. The agent promised him a security guard job in the US for Rs 40 lakh. At the time of retirement, Rs 35 lakh received and the remaining Rs 5 lakh was sold to the agent by selling the jewelry of the wife. The agent then demanded Rs 14 lakh. Refused to send America for not doing so. Somehow he made a loan of Rs 14 lakh by taking a loan.
On 13 August 2024, Mandeep, who left home to go to America, was called by a travel agent to Delhi. After air travel from Delhi to Mumbai, Kenya, Dakar, Amsterdam from Suriname to Guyana and Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador to Columbia completed the journey by road and sea route. Sometimes hidden in the diggies of cars, sometimes sitting in a boat and left between the high waves of the sea. Eating Maggi for about two months.
“Ahead of this, wandering in the dangerous forests of Panama for four days, the guide of Dunky Route in Mexico, Mexico, locked me in the room. The water that used to come while flushing in the bathroom was fed. He used to say, you will have to drink this water until you give money. Used to demand thousands of dollars to provide a little facility. To make money pressure, I would have put a pistol on the temple several times. “
Mandeep said, “As soon as I got into the US by closing the wall of Mexico, the border patrolling police caught me. After the arrest, the police asked me to take off all the clothes at the Detention Center. When I wanted to explain the importance of five kakaras in Sikhism, describing myself as Sikhs, they did not listen to me. Removed my turban and threw it in the dustbin. Cut my beard and hairstyle and make it smaller. When I and some other Sikh comrades asked for their turban with me, he got a reply from the police, “Who would be responsible if someone put himself up with a turban?”
Gurvinder Singh (Gurdaspur) In the third batch of 112 expelled Indians in the third aircraft of America, Gurvinder Singh of Gurdaspur, who arrived in Amritsar on 16 February, said, “The agent claimed to be sending directly to the US in a legitimate manner in exchange for Rs 50 lakh. ‘Danki route’ was discovered when wandered in the forests of Panama. On 22 September 2024, it was transported from Delhi to Mumbai via Guyana, Brazil and Columbia to Panama forests. Some people in a group of 23 people were also from Nepal. Danki moved towards America on the route, so on the way, he would misbehave with us. Mobile phones would have taken away. Do not let the family talk. Two days passed in that forest. Many times rivers had to be crossed by small boat on the way to the forest, they had to avoid snakes. There was only chips to eat and dirty water for drinking. ”
According to Gurvinder, on February 1, he was rushed to the Mexico border. From there, he entered the US border by closing the wall where he was arrested by the US Army border petrol team. After this, he was kept in the army camp for 14 days. They were picked up for bathing at night and kept in AC of warm clothes in the harsh winter. On 15 February, it was found that he was being forcibly returned to India. Removed from the camp. Handcuffs and fetters were put. After this, he was seated in the army plane. He did not have a turban to wear his handcuffs before the aircraft landed at Amritsar Airport. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee at Amritsar Airport gave Rumala Sahib to cover his head.
Sourav (Ferozepur) Sourav’s father sold two acres of land to give Rs 45 lakh to the immigration agent. Sourav, who left for the US on 17 December 2024, said, “The agent told me that I had to go directly to America but I was left to the US border via Amsterdam, Panama and Mexico. On January 27, as soon as I was trying to cross the border and enter America, the border police caught me and 10-12 more people entering the border there. Placed in custody center for 18 days. Seized the mobile phone. On 13 February, we were told that he would be taken to another center, but in the 30 -hour journey in the aircraft, we were held in handcuffs and fetters at Amritsar at 11:30 pm on 15 February. ”
Manpreet, who went to America in search of golden dreams, was put in the detention center as soon as he reached there. The turban was taken off, hair was forcibly cut. “It was no less than a death for me. When I returned to India, I could not recognize myself without hairstyle. ”
According to Harjeet Singh (Amritsar), when I was asked to take off the turban, I had tears in my eyes, “I tried a million to save the identity of the gurus, but the US army ignored my opposition. My turban was taken off and then the hairstyle was cut. When I opposed it, it was put in a separate dark cell and did not even give food and water for two days ”. Gurmeet Singh, who returned to Phagwara after being deported from America, said his tragedy, “All our hopes of reaching America were destroyed. It was a very derogatory experience to live in inhuman situation.”