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Despite having visited Canada many times in the last 30 years, sometimes on official business, a former high-ranking Indian police officer was barred from entering Canada last week at Vancouver International Airport.

Tejinder Singh Dhillon, a former inspector general of police for the Central Reserve Police Force, told the Hindustan Times on Tuesday that he was detained by Canadian Border Service Agency guards before being told he was “inadmissible” under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

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Dhillon said he had a visa valid for entry to Canada until 2024.

According to the Hindustan Times, Dhillon was initially shown a letter which said he was being denied entry under section 35(1)(b) of the act, which says he was “a prescribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the Minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity within the meaning of subsections 6(3) to (5) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.”