India gets consular access after flight carrying Indians detained in France
India’s embassy in France has received consular access to its citizens after a Nicaragua-bound flight carrying 303 people, mostly Indians, was detained by French authorities during “a technical halt” at an airport near Paris over suspected “human trafficking”.
The plane that took off from the United Arab Emirates carrying 303 Indian passengers was grounded in France on Thursday over suspected “human trafficking, French authorities were quoted as saying by the local media on Friday.
“French authorities informed us of a plane w/ 303 people, mostly Indian origin, from Dubai to Nicaragua detained on a technical halt at a French airport,” the Indian mission said in a post on ‘X’.
