Nepalese mistreated in India

February 2, 2005
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Kathmandu: India has unilaterally imposed visas for Nepalese entering India from third countries disregarding the unhindered freedom of movement for nationals of the two countries, vernacular daily Nepal Samacharpatra reports. Indian authorities at New Delhi held Tanka Lal Shrestha, senior official at the German Embassy in Kathmandu, at the airport Monday after alighting an Indian Airlines flight from Pakistan. He said he was mistreated even after presenting a letter from the Royal Nepalese Embassy in Pakistan. “I produced an identification paper I was a Nepali and a letter of the Embassy at Islamabad. They tried to send me back to Pakistan. Finally, I was freed at night on the intervention of the Royal Nepalese Embassy in New Delhi,” he said after returning to Kathmandu.