DUBAI: A total of 2,603 Indians, who have been illegally overstaying in Oman will be allowed to go home without paying any fine.

Oman’s Inspector General of Police and Customs Malik Bin Sulaiman Al Maamari said this in the course of a meeting with visiting Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed in Muscat on Monday, according to an Indian embassy statement.

Ahamed is on a two-day visit to the Gulf nation. “As a goodwill gesture, Lt Gen Maamari agreed to expedite the repatriation of these overstaying Indian nationals without fines and issued instructions that they be repatriated forthwith subject to usual checks,” the statement said. (more)