Overview
- Officials said the traveler, identified as 29-year-old Hu Congtai, was detained in Srinagar after staying at a low-budget homestay in Friends Colony, Budgam.
- He was questioned for two days at Humhama Police Station as investigators reviewed his phone activity, including use of an Indian SIM card.
- Authorities stated his tourist visa permitted visits only to Varanasi, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur, Sarnath, Gaya and Kushinagar, not to Jammu & Kashmir.
- He first came under scrutiny after traveling on November 25 to Zanskar valley in Ladakh, where officials said he stayed in Zangla.
- Police enforced an emergency exit on December 10, sending him from Srinagar to Delhi on an Air India Express flight, and no criminal charges were announced.