India, Feb. 18 -- Iqbal Bhatti alias Devraj Sehgal, a Pakistani citizen who completed his 17-year jail sentence for spying, was deported to his country on Monday night under tight security, a senior police official said.

"Iqbal Bhatti was handed over to Pakistani authorities at the Wagah border," Additional Superintendent of Police Manoj Yadav told PTI, adding that the man underwent a medical examination at the Saharanpur district hospital on Monday night. Bhatti had served a 17-year sentence in Gautam Budh Nagar district jail, which ended 11 months ago. Since being released on March 22 last year, he was housed in the Saharanpur detention centre under tight security. After the completion of all paperwork, he was deported to Pakistan on M...