US national held at Chennai International Airport over banned satellite phone

The student, identified as 22-year-old Oakley Jackson, was scheduled to travel to Australia via Singapore on a Scoot Airlines flight that was preparing for departure around 12.30 a.m. During routine security screening, officials discovered the satellite phone in his baggage.

‘Like Nazi Germany’: TMC MP Mahua Moitra slams BJP’s crackdown on Bengali migrant workers

Moitra alleged that the circular gave states the power to detain people on suspicion alone, bypassing standard identification and verification procedures. “This isn’t just Gurgaon. We’ve seen this in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh — always targeting Bengali-speaking migrant workers,” she said.

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