Srinagar: A Kashmiri rights activist was stopped by authorities at the Delhi airport and barred from flying abroad, official sources said on Sunday.
Gowhar Geelani was stopped from travelling to Germany at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Saturday, they said.
Geelani was travelling for a programme with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Bonn.
Immigration authorities at Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi stopped him, saying he can’t leave the country.
The authorities stopped Geelani from flying abroad due to restrictions imposed on his travel, the sources said.
Geelani says that the immigration officer told him that they have clear instructions to not allow him to fly out because of the "prevailing situation in Kashmir". He wasn’t given any written order on why he has been stopped.
01/09/19 Shuja-ul-Haq/India Today
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Gowhar Geelani was stopped from travelling to Germany at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Saturday, they said.
Geelani was travelling for a programme with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Bonn.
Immigration authorities at Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi stopped him, saying he can’t leave the country.
The authorities stopped Geelani from flying abroad due to restrictions imposed on his travel, the sources said.
Geelani says that the immigration officer told him that they have clear instructions to not allow him to fly out because of the "prevailing situation in Kashmir". He wasn’t given any written order on why he has been stopped.
01/09/19 Shuja-ul-Haq/India Today
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