An Indian student was handcuffed, pinned to the ground at an airport in the US and deported back to India, a social media user who shared videos and pictures from the incident claimed.

“I witnessed a young Indian student being deported from Newark Airport last night— handcuffed, crying, treated like a criminal. He came chasing dreams, not causing harm. As an NRI, I felt helpless and heartbroken. This is a human tragedy,” he wrote on X.

According to social media user Kunal Jain, who is a social entrepreneur, the student was speaking in Haryanvi claiming that he was not mad, but they were trying to prove him so.

“These children get their visas and get on a flight in the morning. For some reason, they are unable to explain the reason for their visit to the immigration authorities and are sent back in the evening flight tied up like criminals. Every day 3-4 such cases are happening. There have been more such cases in the last few days,” Jain said.

Jain urged Indian embassy in US and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take up the matter. “Someone needs to find out what’s going on with him at New Jersey authorities. I found him disoriented,” he wrote.