After an outrage over the treatment meted out to Indian deportees from the US, which echoed also in Parliament, external affairs minister S Jaishankar strongly defended in both Houses India’s decision to accept illegal migrants sent back in an American military plane saying there had been no change in the past US procedure for the

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Thursday that New Delhi is engaging with the U.S. to ensure that illegal Indian immigrants are not mistreated while being deported after opposition parties protested against the treatment of a group that was sent back this week.

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the government is engaging with the United States to ensure no Indian deportee is mistreated during the travel in the wake of 104 extradited nationals' claim that they were handcuffed and chained during the long journey.