The flight cost approximately $10,000 per detainee. A one-way business class ticket from San Francisco to New Delhi on commercial airline would cost $4,000.

The recent deportation of 104 Indian immigrants by the US likely cost around $1 million, as military flights are more expensive than civilian options.

Indian lawmakers have voiced rage over the U.S. allegedly flying dozens of deportees halfway around the world in handcuffs and leg chains.