Chinese Woman Held After Attempted Illegal Entry Into India via Nepal Border

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:39am on 10 Jan 2026,Saturday India Global

A suspected Chinese national was arrested on Friday after she tried to enter India without valid travel papers from the Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh. Officials said the woman was seen around 1 pm walking through a footpath in Bairia Bazaar in the Nautanwa area of Maharajganj district. She was stopped during a routine check by security staff. The Sashastra Seema Bal detained her after finding she had no passport or visa. She was later handed to local police for arrest. Nautanwa SHO Purushottam Rao said a slip identified her as Huajia Jie of China. Police are probing her origin and motive. (PC: X)

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