New Delhi: The government said on Saturday that Indian immigration authorities have no role to play in a Nepali citizen having been stopped at IGIA airport in Delhi, and it was an international airline which decided not to allow her to undertake her onward travel to Germany, considering visa validity.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a release that the incident has been "wrongly portrayed as 'bias discrimination against Nepali citizens'" and the decision to stop the passenger was taken solely by the airline concerned, based on visa validity and travel documentation requirements.

The release said the passenger then rescheduled her travel dates and later travelled taking another route from Kathmandu.

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