India, Oct. 16 -- Subramanyam 'Subu' Vedam, an Indian-origin man from the US state of Pennsylvania, was released from prison as he was proved innocent in a murder case in which he lost 43 years of his adult life.

Vedam, now 64, was arrested on the charge of killing his friend, Thomas Kinser.

Vedam was convicted without parole in 1983 though the man had maintained he was innocent.

In 2022, the evidence showed the bullet wound in Kinser's skull was too small to match the previously identified weapon.

Just after his release, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately detained Vedam citing a deportation order decades ago over a drug conviction.

The deportation order dates back to the 1980s when he was a teenager.

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