4 Chinese Nationals Arrested At Indo-Nepal Border In Bihar's East Champaran Amid India-Pakistan Tensions

Patna: Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack claiming the lives of 26 tourists, four Chinese nationals have been arrested from the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar’s East Champaran district.

About The Case

Police said on Thursday that the Chinese nationals were arrested while trying to enter Indian territory from Nepal near the Raxaul border in East Champaran district late Wednesday night, hours after the Indian armed forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) against terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam attack.

Officials of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) deployed at the Raxaul border said on Friday that two Nepalese women, stated to be guides of the Chinese nationals, were also detained for interrogation. The four Chinese nationals were trying to enter Indian territory from Nepal without valid visas.

“The Chinese nationals did not possess valid visas for India, and still, they were trying to cross the border and enter Indian territory. After finding their activities suspicious, all four Chinese nationals were taken into custody and detained at the Raxaul police station,” an investigating officer said.

Vikas Kumar, inspector-cum-in-charge of SSB’s Raxaul Border Outpost (BoP), said that the four Chinese nationals had entered Nepal from China before they were taken into custody for sneaking into the Indian territory without requisite papers. The SSB personnel recovered two passports of China from their possession, he added.

The arrested Chinese have introduced themselves as Lee Thungadhey, Den Bizone, Hin Kyun Hainsey, and Huang Libin. The SSB personnel seized five mobile phones and Chinese currency worth Rs 8,000 from their possession.

Station house officer (SHO) of Haraiya police station, Kishan Kumar Paswan, said that a case has been registered against the four foreign nationals under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The SHO said that the Nepalese guides were released after completing the legal formalities, adding that the motive behind the Chinese nationals entering India from Nepal was being verified. He said that other investigating agencies have also been informed about their arrest.

East Champaran’s superintendent of police (SP), Swarna Prabhat, said that vigil on the India-Nepal border in the district has been intensified in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and subsequent action of the armed forces against the terrorists.

SSB and district police officials are working in tandem to safeguard the porous India-Nepal border, he added.