A German student, studying at IIT-Madras,
took part in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
After this, the Indian government then asked the German student to leave India.
Jacob Lindenthal was an exchange student.
He was student from Germany studying at Technische Universität.
Students from any Indian University will be sent to Germany.
All over the world students are sent to various universities.
Even Jacob was sent to Chennai to study at IIT.
He had completed one semester and was supposed to complete his second semester.
He was pursuing his M.Sc in Physics. But he was sent back.
Students all over India were protesting the CAA.
At one such protest in Chennai, Jacob held a placard which read,
"1933 to 1945" We Have Been There
You all know in Germany, Hitler oppressed and discriminated against the Jews.
Now the situation in India is the same as Germany.
Now people are being thrown out of the country due to the religion. This is what the German student's placard meant.
Jacob was in Bengaluru, when he received a call from Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO).
When he went back to Chennai, his course coordinator asked him to meet the immigration officials.
The immigration officials first started asking about his residential permit and then
They then asked about his opinion on Indian political issues such as the CAA.
The officials then said that he as a German student is not aware about Indian rules, laws and protests.
Then why did he take part in protests? He shouldn't have taken part in the protests.
Jacob disagreed with the official. He took part in the protests because he understands the CAA and the situation very well.
They shouldn't ask such question because he hasn't misunderstood anything. They conversation went on for a while.
The officials said that since he was a student he wasn't allowed to participate in the protests.
He is in violation of his visa rules and would have to go back to Germany.
Jacob told the officials that since he was in violation of his visa rules they must give him a letter asking him to go back to Germany and he would then leave.
The immigration officials returned his passport and agreed to give him the letter.
But Jacob hasn't received the letter yet.
Jacob said that, "In Germany there are many protests regarding changes in the law.
In these protests, German citizens and immigrants such as Pakistanis, Indians, Brazlians, etc. also support the protests.
However they are never evicted from the country.
However he finds it strange that India is evicting him. Jacob’s Visa is valid from June 2019-June 2020
but he has said he will not come back to India because the immigration officials have told him not to come back.