Delhi: Delhi immigration officials stopped Kashmir-based photojournalist and documentary photographer Sana Irshad Mattoo travelling from Delhi to Paris at Delhi airport.

In a tweet she said that she was not given any reason by the immigration officials for her travel ban and was told that she could not travel abroad. According to a report Mattoo was on her way to Paris to attend a book launch and photography exhibition. I was scheduled to travel from Delhi to Paris today for a book launch and photography exhibition as one of 10 award winners of the Serendipity Arles grant 2020. Despite procuring a French visa, I was stopped at the immigration desk at Delhi airport. She presently contributes to Reuters as a Multimedia Journalist.