Overview

• Police and the Sashastra Seema Bal intercepted the group late Saturday near the Raxaul/Ghorasahan bus stand after a tip-off about entrants from Nepal.
• The detainees comprise four Sudanese nationals and one Bolivian, and officials say they failed to produce valid visas or travel documents.
• Officials recovered documents, notes and books, including material in Urdu, which are under examination by investigators.
• According to police, the Sudanese men said they study in Hyderabad but did not explain why they entered India via Nepal.
• East Champaran police say two detainees confessed to escaping Nepal Central Jail during recent unrest, intelligence agencies have been alerted, and investigators are tracing who booked bus tickets from Raxaul to Motihari.