The deportation of an Indian origin man from the US, whose conviction in a murder case was overturned after he spent over four decades in jail, has been stayed by two separate courts.

A legal permanent US resident

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, is currently detained at a short-term holding centre in Alexandria, Louisiana, that is equipped with an airstrip for deportations.

His relatives said that Vedam, a legal permanent resident known as “Subu,” was transferred there from central Pennsylvania last week.

Vedam’s deportation was stayed by an immigration judge on Thursday until the Bureau of Immigration Appeals take a call on whether to review his case. The process could take several months, reported PTI .

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