Coimbatore: A 40-year-old Trichy native has been booked under Section 12(3) of the Passport Act, 1967, for travelling to Yemen and back, despite the travel restrictions to the Gulf country.
Immigration officials held Meyyappan Ganesan when he landed in the city airport from Sharjah in the early hours of Wednesday. An official said Ganesan had flown to Dubai from Trichy, making use of the travel bubble between both the countries.
From Dubai, the official said, Ganesan had travelled to Yemen. He landed in the city on Wednesday morning, with a plan to travel to Trichy by road.
“When we checked his passport to stamp his arrival, we noticed a Yemen travel stamp. We found he had travelled to the Gulf country and back after the lockdown began on March 23, while the travel between Yemen and India is still banned. While repatriation flights have gone to and returned from Yemen, it is only a one-way travel. People are not allowed to travel to the country and back for business and touri