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Infosys CEO rejects U.S. ICE employee detention claims
Parekh dismissed reports suggesting otherwise and said the claims circulating online were incorrect.
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IANS - Wed, 14, Jan 2026
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Infosys CEO and MD Salil Parekh / Courtesy: infosys.com
Infosys CEO and MD Salil Parekh on Jan. 14 denied claims that any Infosys employee was detained or deported by US authorities, responding to a viral post on social media that created widespread concern.
Speaking during the company’s Q3 earnings conference, Parekh clarified that no Infosys employee has been apprehended by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
He said that a few months ago, one employee was denied entry into the U.S. and was sent back to India, but there was no detention or deportation involved.
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Parekh dismissed reports suggesting otherwise and said the claims circulating online were incorrect.
The clarification came after a post on X, shared on Jan. 13 by a user named Chetan Anantharamu, went viral.
The post alleged that a Mysuru-based Infosys employee working on an on-site project in the U.S. was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and given just two hours to decide whether to return to India or go to jail.
The post further claimed that the employee was escorted by agents during his travel back to India and faced public humiliation during flights via Frankfurt and later to Bengaluru.
The viral post also claimed that Infosys lawyers were present at the Bengaluru airport to receive the employee and that the company planned to take legal action against U.S. authorities.
However, Infosys has categorically denied these claims, with Parekh stating that no such incident of detention has taken place in recent times.
Infosys’ voluntary attrition rate declined to 12.3 percent in the December quarter of FY26, compared with 13.7 percent in the same quarter of the previous financial year.
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the attrition rate also fell by 2 percent in Q3 compared to Q2 of the current fiscal year.
The company’s headcount increased during the quarter. Infosys had a total workforce of 337,034 employees as of Dec. 31, 2025, up from 331,991 employees at the end of Sept. 2025—reflecting a net addition of 5,043 employees.
On a year-on-year basis, the company added 13,655 employees, taking its total headcount from 323,379 in Dec. 2024 to 337,034 in Dec. 2025.
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