- Sunday, April 13, 2025
The incident allegedly happened at Anchorage airport in Alaska and Shruti Chaturvedi was not allowed to use a restroom or make any phone calls for eight hours
By: India Weekly
An INDIAN woman entrepreneur claims she was detained for eight hours at a US airport and “physically checked” by a male officer because they grew ‘suspicious’ after they found a power bank in her luggage.
The incident allegedly happened at Anchorage airport in Alaska and Shruti Chaturvedi was forced to remove her warm wear and not allowed to use a restroom or make any phone calls during the detention period.
Her mobile phone and wallet were also taken from her and she also missed her flight.
In a post on X, tagging external affairs minister S Jaishankar, she wrote, “Imagine being detained by Police and FBI for 8 hours, being questioned the most ridiculous things, physically checked by a male officer on camera, stripped off warm wear, mobile phone, wallet, kept in chilled room, not allowed to use a restroom, or make a single phone call, made to miss your flight – all because the airport security found your powerbank in handbag “suspicious”.
Chaturvedi is a brand consultant and founded India Action Project and Chaaipani, a media platform.
