Overview

• The Sashastra Seema Bal detained 62-year-old Zhang Yong, a Shanxi resident, on August 10 near the Do Number Gali trail at the Sonouli border.
• He was found carrying a valid Chinese passport and Nepali tourist visa but had no Indian visa for legal entry.
• Zhang told interrogators he spent four days at a holy temple in Lumbini before planning the clandestine crossing.
• Security personnel handed him over to Sonouli Police Station, where SHO Ajit Pratap Singh confirmed charges under the Passport Act and illegal entry provisions.
• Investigators are probing Zhang’s motives and looking for connections to a potential wider network behind these border infiltrations.