56 Indians In Georgia Treated Like Cattle, Alleges Tourist
New Delhi : A woman has alleged that a group of 56 Indian travellers were subjected to “most inhuman behaviour” by Georgian authorities while attempting to enter the country from Armenia. The group was “made to wait 5+ hrs in the freezing cold – no food, no toilet.” She alleged that officials confiscated passports for 2+ hrs with no communication” and forced them to sit on the footpath “like cattle.
The woman said the officials even took videos of them “like criminals, but stopped them from filming the incident. She added that the authorities didn’t even check documents and simply claimed visas were wrong, calling the treatment “shameful & unacceptable. In the post, Ms Patel also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and wrote, “India must take a strong stand.”
Ms Patel ended her post with a sharp rebuke. “This is how Georgia treats Indians. Shameful & unacceptable!” The post drew many responses, with people sharing similar experiences.One user expressed sympathy but highlighted that the issue appears longstanding. Sorry to hear that. Also this isn’t the first post I’ve seen of Georgia. It’s been bad and happening for a long time now.
Another questioned why Indians still visit despite such reports, asking, When this behaviour has been consistent from Georgia then why do Indians keep going there. Some of the comments pointed to a deeper problem of discrimination. “There have been consistent reports of racial profiling by the Georgian government,” wrote one user, sharing a link to another news article detailing Indians’ ordeals. A traveller who visited Georgia in 2019 shared a more nuanced perspective. The person recalled that before entering from Russia they had heard similar stories about immigration.
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