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Bhatkal/Bengaluru: The news of a youth from Bhatkal being unfairly detained at Bangalore airport has just been making rounds on the national media while a similar incident was reported where a Bhatkal man was detained along with his wife at Hong Kong airport by immigration officers on June 13.
 
Abdul Munir who hails from Bhatkal is a dealer of ACC cement. He along with his wife and other members of his company were on a fifteen-day tour to Hong Kong. They left for Hong Kong on June 11. A delegation of 27 people from Karnataka had also traveled along with him. On Saturday, June 13, when the flight from Bengaluru arrived at Hong Kong airport, all the others travelling with Abdul were cleared of by the immigration but he and his wife were stopped by the immigration officials. When the delegation from the company came to receive the people, they realized that Abdul and his wife were missing launched a search for them.
 
On checking the CCTV footage, they saw the couple sitting in the immigration office. It is said that they were made to sit in the office since morning till 12 pm and were not released in spite of numerous attempts the representatives of the company made.
 
According to sources, the airport authority did not give a reason yet as to why they had been detained. Finally the company’s officials managed to get the Hong Kong airport authority to release the couple and were put on a flight to Bengaluru.
 
This information was given to Fikrokhabar, a Bhatkal based news website by Abdul’s son Ahmed Munir and said when on finding them along with the company officials, their family members were extremely worried but were later relieved to know their whereabouts. It is said that nobody is aware as to why Abdul and his wife were when the in-charge of the ACC company in Karnataka had confirmed the news of their departure.
 
Muslim associations and locals of Bhatkal have demanded stern action against the guilty and have demanded the state government to intervene and resolve the issue before further similar incidents take place.