Twelve people, including four men and three women, reportedly hailing from Baramulla district of Kashmir, were detained by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel near Harlakhi on the Nepal border in Madhubani district.Senior officials of the Intelligence Bureau, SSB and those from the district police were interrogating the suspects at a border outpost.
The credentials of all the four men and three women, who were in the age group of 20-30 years, were being verified. The group included five minor children.
A senior official of the SSB said that the Kashmiri citizens were detained on Wednesday by the personnel of the BOP at Pipron village under Harlakhi police station in Madhubani district, around 250km northeast of Patna, while they were trying to sneak into India from Nepal.
One of them identified as Mohammed Firdaus Ahmed was carrying a passport issued from Pakistan.
Madhubani superintendent of police Ranjeet Kumar Mishra said that the district police officials rushed to the spot after getting information about the detention of about a dozen people hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.
“The detainees are yet to be handed over to the district police. The sub-divisional police officer of Benipatti and the station house officer of Harlakhi police station have been asked to keep a tab on the developments,” Mishra said.
The detained were identified as Mohammed Firdaus Ahmed, his wife Sabiya, Mustaq Ahmed, his wife Ameena, Nazir Ahmed, his wife Sumera and Mohammed Parwez.
The identities of five others are being withheld as they are minors.
(telegraphindia.com)
