US embassy in India says it revoked, denied visas over fentanyl links


  • World
  • Thursday, 18 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: A private security guard stands outside the U.S. embassy in New Delhi December 18, 2013. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The U.S. embassy in New Delhi has revoked or denied visas for certain Indian business executives and corporate leaders due to their involvement in trafficking fentanyl precursors, the embassy said in a statement on Thursday.

Fentanyl precursors refer to the basic or parent chemicals that form fentanyl.

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