On Wednesday (February 5), when a US military aircraft landed at Amritsar airport with 104 illegal immigrants, no media channel was allowed access of images from the flight. Not a single picture of the incident emerged at the time.

However, it has now been confirmed that these 104 Indians were deported in shackles and handcuffs. This has been verified by the US Border Patrol itself. The images were shared by US Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks on his X account.

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