Jaipur: The London-based foreigner who was held with a satellite phone without valid documents yesterday in Pushkar, was sent to two-day police custody, police said on Tuesday.
"Andrea Pagnacco was produced before the magistrate in local court of Pushkar who remanded him in two-day police custody. He will be produced again on Thursday," Additional SP (Ajmer-Rural) Himmat Abhilash Tank told reporters.
Pagnacco, who is of Italian origin, is reportedly on a world tour to study climate change and was arrested in Pushkar for carrying a satellite phone allegedly without proper documents and necessary permission.
The official said Pagnacco had reached Pushkar on January 7 after visiting several places including Amritsar, New Delhi and Jaipur in his specially designed bio-van.
He had no permission for the satellite phone from the Government of India and did not inform the customs about the phone when he entered India from Wagah border, he said.
PTI
