IIT students detained in Italy

 

Three IIT students were released hours later after the Indian mission in Rome intervened as they were wrongfully detained on Thursday by the police in Ventimiglia town in country's northern part near the French-Italian border. IIT students were on a trip to Italy. Two students are from IIT Delhi and one is from IIT Bombay were visiting Italy as tourists and carrying valid passports with Schengen visas. After being detained at Ventimiglia railway station, the three students were flown along with other detainees to Bari, a town almost a 1,000 km away in south of Italy.