MP: Chinese flyer with e-visa deported

INDORE: A Dubai-based couple allegedly had a harrowing time at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport on Wednesday after the wife, a Chinese national, was not allowed to leave the airport over non-acceptance of e-visa.
The couple was travelling to Indore for Diwali vacation. However, when immigration staff found that she was having an e-visa, which is not acceptable at Indore airport, the wife was deported.
“Indore airport doesn’t have the facility to take in visitors coming on e-visa that we forgot to check and realized about the same only after landing and reaching the immigration counter,” Suryansh Gupta, the husband told TOI. He said that immigration staff at Indore did not allow his wife to leave the arrival terminal. “They even refused to arrange our return to Dubai, and I had to pay for it too,” he said.
They had to wait on airport premises for nearly 16 hours before they were sent back to Dubai on Wednesday.
Airport officials however said that it’s the passenger’s fault as they did not check with the airline about acceptance of e-visa at Indore. “Our staff coordinated with the airline and immigration to facilitate the passengers. It was the airline’s fault and we ensured best possible arrangement for couple,” officials added.