Hyderabad : Twenty-eight Umrah pilgrims from Assam have been left stranded in Hyderabad after their IndiGo connecting flight to Guwahati was cancelled on Friday, December 5, adding to the widespread operational turmoil currently affecting the airline across India .

The passengers, most of them elderly, arrived from Jeddah on IndiGo flight 6E 68 and were scheduled to travel onward the same day.

Upon reaching Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), they were informed that their connecting service had been withdrawn. The group waited at the terminal for nearly five hours before being shifted to Hotel SM Deccan Park in Shamshabad , where accommodation was provided for only one night.

With no support offered beyond their initial stay, the pilgrims were left to arrange their own foo

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