US EditionIndian woman appeals to MEA after getting ‘stripped’ at US airport, questioned by FBI over power bank in handbag
- An Indian woman, Shruti Chaturvedi, claimed she was held at a US airport for eight hours by the FBI, resulting in her missing her flight.
- Chaturvedi reported being stripped of her winter clothing, denied restroom access, and interrogated over a power bank deemed 'suspicious.'
- She stated that a male officer physically checked her under camera surveillance while she was kept in a cold room.
- Chaturvedi's account sparked concern over the treatment of Indian travelers abroad on social media, where she tagged India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar.
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‘Checked by male officer, no restoom break’: The ordeal of Indian woman detained for 8 hours at US airport
Indian entrepreneur Shruti Chaturvedi said she was subjected to an eight-hour-long ordeal at a US airport after airport security officials found a power bank in her luggage 'suspicious'. Chaturvedi, who runs a public relations firm Chaaipani, said she was stripped of her warm clothes at Alaska's Anchorage airport, kept in a freezing room and was frisked by a male officer. She has now appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs to step in
Indian woman appeals to MEA after getting ‘stripped’ at US airport, questioned by FBI over power bank in handbag
Indian entrepreneur Shruti Chaturvedi alleged she was detained for 8 hours at a US airport, frisked by a male officer, and denied a phone call - all over a power bank found in her handbag.
Physically Checked by a Male Officer: Indian Woman's US Airport Ordeal
Physically Checked by a Male Officer: Indian Woman's US Airport OrdealImagine being detained by Police and FBI for 8 hours, being questioned the most ridiculous things, physically checked by a male officer on camera, stripped off warm wear, mobile phone, wallet, kept in chilled r
"Physically Checked By Male Officer": Entrepreneur Shares US Airport Ordeal
Entrepreneur Shruti Chaturvedi has claimed she was detained for eight hours at a US airport by the police and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), due to which she missed her flight. Sharing her ordeal in an X post, she also alleged that a male officer physically checked her under camera surveillance. The reason for the search, she said, was a power bank in her handbag that the security personnel at Anchorage airport in Alaska deemed to be "su…
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