Canadian lady arrested in Bihar for coming into India with out visa

A Canadian nationwide used to be arrested close to right here on Wednesday whilst seeking to sneak into the Indian territory from adjacent Nepal dodging immigration officers and with out a legitimate visa, an immigration division reputable stated.

The 26-year-old Ontario resident used to be arrested from a bus heading for Bettiah in neighbouring West Champaran district, the reputable stated.

The police have been alerted through the immigration division officers that the girl had reached Raxaul border outpost in an auto-rickshaw from Nepal and had fled upon being requested to halt and display her paperwork, the reputable stated.

The womans passport, digital camera and a video recorder have been seized from her.

All the way through interrogation she claimed to have visited India lengthy again and that her on-line request for a visa in January 2020 when she used to be in Nepal used to be declined through the Indian government on account of the coronavirus pandemic, the reputable stated.

The lady claimed that all through her earlier visits she had broadly toured Himachal Pradesh, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, he added.

She used to be taken to Haraiya police station the place a case has been registered towards her underneath the Foreigners Act, the police stated.