Go back to Tamil Nadu if you can't speak Hindi: Airport official to man

A 27yearoldPhDstudent was allegedly denied clearance by an airport immigration officer because of his failure to speak in Hindi at the Mumbai International Airport After the incident the miffed student who was flying to the US started a Twitter debate by tagging PM Narendra Modi and Rahul GandhiMumbai Policersquos Special Branch ordered a probe into the allegations after the student took to social media to spark a debate ThePhD student accused the immigration officer of denying him clearance on Tuesday night because he was unable to speak in Hindi and also asked him to go back to Tamil NaduAfter the incident Abraham Samuel 27 a biomedical engineer completing his Doctorate in Chemistry at Clarkson University in Potsdam US tweeted the incident by tagging not just Prime Minister Modi External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj but also opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi DMKrsquos MK Stalin and Shashi TharoorHis post read ldquoWas just denied immigration by an immigration officer at counter 33 Mumbai Airport for knowing only Tamil and English and NOT Hindi What a disaster Reported the officer hope they take actionrdquo This tweet took the internet by storm and was retweeted 1512 times and got 1892 likes ldquoThis is one reason why no central parties are going to set foot in Tamil Nadu The immigration officer not only did not speak to me in English but suggested that I find a Tamil immigration counterrdquo his next tweet said tagging Congress leader Rahul GandhildquoIrsquom proud to be an Indian and even more proud to be a Tamil If thatrsquos a problem with you then you are not fit to call yourselves Indiansrdquo ldquoIrsquom Indian I DONT SPEAK HINDI DEAL WITH IT HMOIndia Donrsquot abuse Indians who speak their own beautiful languagesrdquo he expressed his frustration in a series of tweetsAccording to Mirror while flying from Paris to Boston on board an Air France flight Samuel narrated the incident that happened when he flew into Mumbai from Chennai on Tuesday night Around 1230 and 1 am he was clearing immigration at counter no 33 in the departure ldquoThe same officer let a foreign national lady go after questioning But when he saw me he expected me to converse in Hindi and when I said lsquoSir sorry I donrsquot understand Hindirsquo he threw a tantrum and asked me to find another counterrdquo Samuel told Mirror on Wednesday eveningldquoHe repeatedly asked me to go to Tamil Nadu After complaining about this officer to the immigration office when they produced this officer before me he didnrsquot change his behaviour He again said that I should know Hindi being in India or go to Tamil Nadu even in front of his supervisorsrdquo he said adding that he had to go to the next counter and the officer there cleared his immigrationSamuel informed he had no time to lodge a formal complaint as he was in a hurry but the CCTV footage would capture the entire incident His tweets stirred reactions on twitter profuselyThe reactions that surfaced accused him of having an antiBJP agenda and some thought he was trying to spark the Hindi vs Tamil debate replying to which he tweeted ldquoYes some people on Twitter are accusing me of having an agenda Irsquom just another Indian and I raise my voice when needed My true frustration is that everywhere else except in India respect me and my language In my home country people like them deny basic rights on the basis of languagesrdquo he said adding that he hoped the central government would educate its officersHe also stated that he was emailing a formal complaint to the Foreigner Regional Registration Office FRRO and would demand an apology from the officer concerned CID Supriya PatilYadav Additional Commissioner of Police Special Branch II said ldquoWe are conducting a probe to find out if the allegations are correct and the circumstances that could have led to the altercation If itrsquos correct I must say itrsquos very unfortunate and that such unprofessional insensitive conduct was exhibited by the immigration officer By Thursday our probe will reach its conclusionrdquo PatilYadav said that if the officer is found guilty he will be sent for reskilling retraining and resensitisationWas just denied immigration by an immigration officer in counter 33 at Mumbai CST AIRPORT for knowing only Tamil and English and NOT hindi What a disaster Reported the officer hope they take action SushmaSwaraj mkstalin narendramodimdash Abraham Samuel abrahamsamuel January 8 2019Catch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates