WASHINGTON: A US judge has ordered not to deport Indian student Bader Khan Suri arrested by the Trump administration for alleged Hamas ties. The order was issued by district judge Patricia Tolliver Giles of the eastern district of Virginia. Bader Khan Suri, a research student at Georgetown University in the US, was arrested for violating US’ foreign policy.

Bader Khan Suri was arrested on Monday night after the Department of Homeland Security alleged that he had links to the Palestinian organization Hamas. He was arrested by immigration officials from his home in Virginia. They identified themselves as officials from the Department of Homeland Security and announced that the government had revoked Bader Khan Suri's visa.

Suri had been accused of promoting anti-Semitism through social media and of having close ties to a senior advisor of Hamas. ‘The Secretary of State issued an order on March 15, 2025, ordering Suri's deportation because of his activities in the United States," Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He received his PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi.

The Indian student, whose US visa was revoked after she participated in pro-Palestinian protests and took a pro-Hamas stance, had voluntarily returned home a few days ago. Ranjani Srinivasan, a research student at Columbia University, returned to India from the United States. The US has accused Ranjani of taking part in protests in support of Hamas. With this, her visa was cancelled.