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Now Azam Khan detained at American airport,
India protests
Friday April 26, 2013 09:47:17 AM,
IANS
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Washington:
India has formally protested to the US over the brief detention of
Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan at
Boston airport as he arrived to take part in an event at Harvard
University.
Khan, who is accompanying State Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for
the presentation of a Harvard study on the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage,
was detained for about 10 minutes for "further questioning" at
Boston Logan International Airport Wednesday, according to Indian
officials.
Once the visitors were cleared for entry by immigration, a woman
officer of the US Customs and Border Protection wing of the
Homeland Security took Khan to an adjacent room "for further
questioning," sources said.
Incensed, Khan is reported to have kicked up a ruckus in the
Imigration area saying he was detained because he was a Muslim and
sought an apology from the officer who merely said she was doing
her duty. As arguments became heated, officials from the Indian
consulate in New York intervened and Khan was escorted out of the
airport.
In Washington, Indian embassy spokesman M. Sridharan said the
mission has "taken up the issue with the State Department
officially and we have conveyed our serious concern."
"We have asked them to intervene and take appropriate measures to
avoid recurrence in the future."
At the State Department, when asked to comment on the incident,
spokesman Patrick Ventrell said he was "not aware of the specifics
of this case" as the Department of Homeland Security has
jurisdiction over airport movements inside the US.
But "I do want to underscore that we have a very important
bilateral relationship with India and a very robust and thorough
diplomatic exchange with our partners, he said. "We very much
value our partnership with the Government of India."
The Azam Khan case is the latest instance of Indian VIPs being
detained at US airports. Last year, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan
was detained for over two hours by immigration officials at a New
York airport.
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam was twice subjected to frisking
at New York's JFK Airport by US security officials. India's then
ambassador to the US Meera Shanker was patted down by a security
agent in Mississippi in December 2010.
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