Overview

• Bara Fauzi Hamid Al Bayati, 47, was arrested late on June 21 in Raxaul, Bihar, while attempting to cross into Nepal without valid travel documents.
• He claimed to work as a software engineer for a Dubai-based company and to be en route to Kathmandu for a flight to Saudi Arabia.
• He entered India on a tourist visa on June 16 but lacked authorization for an extended stay, prompting police to charge him under the Foreigners Act.
• East Champaran police notified Military Intelligence and the Research and Analysis Wing to probe his migration route and recruitment claims.
• This is the seventh foreign national detained in Raxaul in recent months, following the arrests of five Chinese citizens and one American.