Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) arrested four Pakistani nationals, including a couple, while they were attempting to intrude into Rupaideeha area of Bahraich on Sunday.
Official sources said that a SSB team led by Assistant Commandant JB Jagwar were overseeing people coming from Nepal on Saturday night. The team became suspicious about the four people, who were arrested after quizzing. The team also recovered some documents which were being examined and security has been beefed up.
During interrogation, the arrested confirmed their Pakistani identity. They dsclosed that they reached Kathmandu from Islamabad and then were trying to intrude into Indian territory when they were netted. The suspects have been shifted to an unknown destination under high security.
Confirming the arrests, SSP of Bahraich Salikram Verma said,
“One of the arrested, Asif Hussain loni is from Supor-Baramulla (Kashmir) but had migrated to Pakistan two years back. During quizzing he said thathe came to Kathmadu a fortnight back with his wife Mariam and then they planned to come to India via Rupaideeha.”
The arrest of four Pakistanis jolted the security agencies into beefing up security and vigil. Senior officers of important agencies reached thereafter being intimated. The SSB has been on high alert along the Indo-Nepal border after the demonetization of high value currency notes and border patrolling has been intensified.