North Brunswick (New Jersey), June 19: Indian-American Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student, will not be deported to India on completion of his sentence for spying on his gay roommate with a web camera, according to US media reports. Ravi is expected to be released from the Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick on Tuesday morning after completing 20 days of his 30-day sentence, The Star-Ledger - NJ.com reported. He has received 10 days off his sentence for good behavior as per state regulations, the local news site said citing Warden Edmond Cicchi. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials won’t move to deport Ravi, who was convicted in March of multiple second-degree bias counts for spying on his Rutgers University roommate Tyler Clementi, in September 2010. “Based on a review of Ravi’s criminal record, ICE is not initiating removal proceedings at this time,” ICE said in a statement cited by the journal. India-born Ravi, 20, a legal permanent resident of the US, faced deportation to India following his conviction, but that possibility was diminished when he was sentenced to less than a year in jail, it noted. (IANS) |