Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam walks outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte during a hearing over new evidence uncovered in his 1983 murder case. (AP)

Two separate US courts have ordered the immigration officials to halt the deportation of Indian-origin man from Pennsylvania, Subramanyam ‘Subu’ Vedam. Vedam spent over four decades in prison on a murder charge that was recently overturned, news agency Associated Press reported.

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, is currently being held at a facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, which is a short-term facility that is equipped with an airstrip for deportation purposes. Vedam’s relatives said that he was transferred to the facility from central Pennsylvania last week.

An immigration judge stayed his deportation, pending a review by the Bureau of

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