Chennai: A German student pursuing Master's degree in Physics from IIT Madras in an exchange programme was asked to leave the country by the immigration department for his involvement in the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Registry of Citizens in Chennai campus of the institution.

The student, Jakob Lindenthal, was quoted saying by Indian Express while waiting for his flight home at Chennai airport, that he received oral directions from the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO).