Canada high commission to bear travelling expenses of Ex Indian paramilitary officer

Retired Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) Inspector General Tejinder Dhillon who had to return from the Vancouver airport, went to meet deputy high commissioner of the Canadian government at New Delhi. As per reports, Dhillion was accorded a warm welcome.

The visit came a week after Dhillon was denied entry to Canada on the grounds that he served a government that engages in “terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide.” The meeting lasted for over 40 minutes, and after the meting Dhillon was booked to fly to Canada at the commission’s expense, reported media from India.  He is likely to be in Canada for a week.

Seemingly satisfied with the meeting that he attended after the commission invited him, Dhillon said the officials assured him they will restore his honour and dignity and were apologetic about the incident. “I was very warmly received and greeted by deputy high commissioner Jess Dutton of government of Canada and Oscar Jacob, counsellor immigration. During the meeting over a cup of tea with them, they assured me of taking up the issue. They then restored my visa,” Dhillon told media in New Delhi.

The retired IG said he told embassy officials that he understood that someone from the lower staff at the Canadian airport had taken the decision and the entire government should not be blamed.

“It is a good gesture. They have assured that this will not happen in future. I told them that what happened with me should not happen with anyone else and that was the main purpose of my meeting with them,” he said.