Kashmir-born filmmaker Arfat Sheikh is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Washington Dulles International Airport, multiple outlets report. NDTV says he is surrounded and held “without warrant” shortly after stepping off his flight, even as he presents immigration paperwork. Al Jazeera and Scroll.in similarly describe the arrest as taking place at the airport on September 24.
Advocates cited by Al Jazeera criticize the detention and call for accountability, while Scroll.in reports that Sheikh remains in custody and is still awaiting a bail hearing two weeks after the arrest. The coverage also places the detention in personal context, describing how Sheikh’s life is shaped by his father’s disappearance in India over 20 years ago. Across outlets, the central points are the airport arrest, the advocates’ concerns about the circumstances of the detention, and the ongoing lack of a completed bail process as of the reporting dates.
