India gets consular access to 117 students detained in US

NEW DELHI: India said Tuesday it has obtained consular access to 117 of the 129 Indian students detained in the US for enrolling in a fake university and legal assistance was being extended to them.

The Indian government has continued to closely monitor and take proactive measures to deal with the detention of Indian students, the ministry of external affairs said in a statement.

According to US government statistics, 129 Indians were administratively arrested as on January 31 in connection with their enrolment at the "university".

"As on date, our embassy and consulates have obtained consular access to 117 of them, by pro-actively visiting 36 different detention sites through the length and breadth of the country," the MEA said.