Motihari, 21 September (IANS) five foreign nationals were placed in a joint operation by the police and Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) from Ghodashan area of East Champaran district of Bihar.
He is currently being questioned. The arrested foreign nationals reached Bihar through Nepal.
It has been reported that late Saturday night, SSB came to know that some suspected foreigners were trying to go to Patna and left a village.
SSB officials immediately informed the police. An official said that a joint team of SSB and Bihar Police reached Ghodasahan bus stand and started a search, an official said.
The police then detained four residents of the passenger bus. A person was later caught.
Sudani is among the four foreigners arrested, and one Bolivian is the national. Some books and documents have been recovered from the notes written in Urdu.
Motihari police has also informed its top officials at the headquarters. Police said they were all interrogating all five.
All those arrested are said to be between the ages of 30 and 40 years. The police is investigating the documents found in his possession.
The weapons have been identified as Sudan, Ram Siddiqui (38), Ali Abdul Ghaffer (27), Ahmed Dafala (37), resident of Sudan and Miguel Solano Chavez, Bolivia’s resident Abdul Fitah (44), Ali Abdul Ghaffi (27), Ahmed Defala (37); Superintendent of Eastern Champaran Police Swaran Prabhat Tod Ians.
He said that during interrogation, Sudani citizens had accepted to study in Hyderabad. However, he was not able to provide any clear information about coming to Bihar through Nepal.
Police officials said the Intelligence Bureau has also been informed about the arrest.
Recently, SSB caught five prisoners, who had fled a jail in Nepal and were trying to cross India. Inmates were caught on the Indo-Nepal border in Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh while trying to infiltrate Indian territory.
India and Nepal share an open, 1,751-km long boundaries in five Indian states-Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.
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