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Tripura Police Detain Suspected Pakistani Who Claims Nepal Jail Escape

Authorities are scrutinizing her identity for possible links to trafficking networks.

Overview

  • Government Railway Police detained the woman at Sabroom station after she arrived on the Kanchanjunga Express near the Bangladesh border.
  • Police say she had no valid identification and that Pakistani contact numbers were found concealed on papers tied around her waist.
  • Interrogators report she first gave a false name before identifying herself as Louis Nighat Akhtar Bhano from Sheikhupura, Pakistan.
  • According to police, she claimed a 2014 drug conviction in Nepal and a recent escape from Kathmandu Jail, assertions now under verification.
  • Police and intelligence officials are mapping her recent movements through Nepal, Bangladesh and India and probing for potential accomplices.