New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs will now have to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to a man who lost his job in Spain due to his illegal deportation.
The man held valid Spanish visa yet was prevented from going back to join work in Spain and was deported back to Delhi from Brussels and prosecuted for travel on fake documents.
Justice S Muralidhar slammed all the authorities involved for their "callousness" and said: "The conduct of respondents (foreign ministry, foreigner regional registration offices and regional passport officer) in the present case display utter callousness in dealing with the life and liberty of the citizen. The petitioner (Balwinder Singh) had valid travel papers and work permit for employment in Spain."
Singh had a valid passport and a working Spanish visa, but was not allowed to board a connecting flight for Spain at Brussels in Belgium on February 21 last year during his return journey from Delhi. He had taken up an employment as peon at a firm in Spain during 2007 and had come to India briefly.
As per his petition, officials at Brussels detained and later deported Singh alleging he was an "impostor" as he held a "fraudulent" visa and other documents. Instead of putting the record straight, officials of FRRO failed to verify his documents either with the Spanish embassy or with the regional passport office. Rather, he was booked for travelling on fake documents and prosecuted.
16/05/11 Times of India
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