India News | Chinese National Arrested on India-Nepal Border

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Chinese national was on Tuesday arrested while he was allegedly trying to cross over to India from Nepal without valid documents, officials said.

Maharajganj (UP), Jan 14 (PTI) A Chinese national was on Tuesday arrested while he was allegedly trying to cross over to India from Nepal without valid documents, officials said.

The man, identified as Peng Minhui (35), was nabbed during a routine checking this morning by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in the Sonauli area, Station House Officer (SHO) Sonauli, Ankit Singh said.

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He had a Chinese passport and currency but no Indian visa or other valid documents, he said.

Sonauli is located on the Indo-Nepal Border in Mahrajganj district and is a prominent transit point between India and Nepal.

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A case has been registered and the Intelligence Bureau has been informed, Singh said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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