Kuala Lumpur: Bangalore-based IBM employee Narendra Babu, who was detained here over the weekend for overstaying his Visa, will be sent back to India tomorrow (May 27), an official of the Malaysian Immigration office said on May 26.

Till then he will remain in the detention unit at the Kuala Lumpur International airport, the immigration official said turning down Babu's request to release him before his departure on May 27.

"There is no procedure that we can release him before tomorrow; he will be escorted by the immigration staff to the aircraft," the official told reporters.

The department denied Babu's request even if the High Commission gives an undertaking to the effect in writing.

It is learnt that Babu, whose Visa was to expire on May 16, had applied for two weeks extension on May 13. He presumed that the request was granted as he was not told anything by the immigration department when it returned him his passport. Neither does the stamp on the passport say anything clearly.

"We, at the airport are only concerned with the validity of documents and as per our check his Visa had expired. We do not know why was he not given a special pass or told about the rejection," the immigration office official told reporters.

"However, according to procedures, we will send him back on Tuesday by Malaysian Airlines as he is holding a Malaysian Airlines ticket and the airline does not fly to Bangalore on Monday," he said.

"If he can get ticket for some other airlines we can send him even earlier," he added.

PTI