The authorities swung into action on Thursday night when the police received information about 20 persons purportedly from Delhi arriving in the SIIDCUL area and travelling further towards Nepal. The city superintendent of police Kamlesh Upadhyay reached the site with police force and inquired about the travel history of the persons.
The police questioned the persons strictly after which they revealed that they were all natives of Nepal and had not come from Delhi but had been working in Haridwar and wanted to return to Nepal.
The Haridwar SSP Senthil Avoodai Krishnaraj S said that 20 men were caught while checking in Ranipur Kotwali area. They initially told the police that they had arrived from Delhi. After a preliminary health check, the police questioned them strictly. The men then confessed that they had been working in SIIDCUL area and had come out on Thursday in an attempt to return to Nepal. The police explained the situation and regulations to them and sent them back to their local accommodations.