The family of an Indian scholar at Georgetown University is calling for New Delhi's intervention after US agents detained him for deportation earlier this week despite a court order against the move. Badar Khan Suri is an Indian national and a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in Washington, where he is studying and teaching on a student visa. Suri's legal team and Georgetown's administration have repeatedly denied the DHS claims on mainstream international TV channels, and on Thursday a US district judge in Virginia blocked the US administration's attempt to deport him. As of Saturday, he was still in detention.