Dubai, Sep 24: The Indian Embassy in Kuwait is seeking consular access to over 1,000 Indians who have been detained by the authorities in the Gulf nation in an alleged case of visa misuse, a top official has said.
Vidhu P Nair, Charge de Affaires at the Indian Embassy in Kuwait, said that the Embassy has managed to track down and collate documents of around 650 Indians.
"All Indians with valid documents, whose sponsors are showing up, will be released while the remaining may be deported to India. Some of these people have already been released while others are being dealt with on a case to case basis," Nair told PTI.
He said five officials from the Embassy are constantly pursuing the matter.
On Wednesday, Kuwait's Ministry of Interior arrested over 2,000 individuals across the country for expired residency and involvement in drug, theft, liquor and other such cases during impromptu security campaigns.
Around 1,800 of these are believed to be Indians even though the exact number is unclear.
"We were not officially informed about any such crackdown, neither did the local authorities contact us for any kind of identification," said Nair.
