India showcases extensive display of ‘Nari Shakti’ during Republic Day
One of the highlights was the all-women marching contingent of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), led by Assistant Commandant Aishwarya Joy M.
India on Tuesday termed "completely unacceptable" the denial of entry by Canadian authorities to a retired senior CRPF officer at Vancouver airport last week on the ground that he had served a government that engages in “terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide”.
"We have seen the news report regarding the denial of entry by the Canadian authorities to a senior retired Indian police officer. Such a characterisation of a reputed force like the CRPF is completely unacceptable. We have taken up the matter with the Government of Canada,’’ MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay said in response to a question.
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According to reports, Tejinder Singh Dhillon, who retired with the rank of Inspector General of Police from the CRPF in 2010, was declared inadmissible under a subsection of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
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A document given to Dhillon at the airport stated he was a “prescribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity”.
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