Overview

• A joint operation by Madhubani district police and the Sashastra Seema Bal detained the pair at the Jatahi-Pipraun crossing after they were seen photographing a secured border zone on Wednesday evening.
• Neither individual had valid visas or travel documents, and investigators learned they had spent three months traveling in Nepal before crossing into India in recent days.
• Both suspects were booked under the Foreigners Act 1946 and are slated to be taken on remand for deeper questioning in the coming days.
• Authorities uncovered questionable content on the suspects’ mobile phones, with local sources reporting one device contained alleged anti-India videos.
• Translators and language experts have been called in to help authorities probe the suspects’ identities, motives and cross-border movements.