Stopped at IGI Airport from flying to receive Pulitzer award, says Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo

NEW DELHI: Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo on Tuesday said she was stopped from flying to the US by immigration authorities at IGI "despite having a valid visa and ticket".
The photojournalist, who was awarded a Pulitzer for coverage of the pandemic for Reuters, was scheduled to fly to New York on Monday.
"I was on my way to receive the Pulitzer award in New York but I was stopped at immigration," Mattoo tweeted. This was the second time she has been stopped from travelling abroad in four months.