Overview

• Dhruvee Patel said on Instagram that Georgian officials detained 56 Indians entering from Armenia, made them sit outside for hours in the cold, and denied food and toilets.
• She alleged passports were confiscated for more than two hours, the group was filmed “like criminals,” and officials dismissed their visas as “wrong” without checking documents.
• A commenter claiming to be in the group supported the account, describing rude behavior and being made to stand in the road while passports were held.
• Patel tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of External Affairs, prompting widespread Indian media coverage, social reactions, and calls for official intervention.
• Reports place the claim in a broader context of a roughly 40% rise in Indian arrivals this year and a Tbilisi lawyer’s assertion of increased deportations of Indian and Pakistani nationals, with no official responses published so far.