India, Oct. 19 -- Indian national Rajinder Kumar has been transferred to Oregon state custody in the United States and is set to face prosecution over a November 2025 tractor-trailer crash that killed two newlywed Americans, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said on Monday.

Kumar has been indicted on two counts of first-degree manslaughter and other related charges in connection with the crash.

"After his local arrest, ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the Deschutes County Jail, but in April 2026, Deschutes County released Kumar from custody without honoring ICE's detainer. ICE officers subsequently located and arrested Kumar at large earlier this year," it added.

The US agency also confirmed that after stat...