Araria: Four persons, including one from Nepal and two from Jammu and Kashmir, were detained by police for moving in a suspicious manner in a market in Bihar`s Araria district, a senior police officer said on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed Siraj Ahmed and Nasir Ahmed (both hailing from Sopian district of Jammu and Kashmir), Md Sahabuddin (Sunsari district of Nepal) and Virendra Mandal (Supaul district, Bihar), while they were moving a suspicious manner in the market, Superintendent of Police (SP) Shivdeep Lande said. He said that during preliminary interrogation, the duo from Jammu and Kashmir told the cops that they had arrived in Bihar six days ago to meet Mandal`s neighbour who took them to Nepal to meet Sahabuddin`s cousin from where all of them had returned to the market near Basmatia police outpost where they were nabbed by the policemen.
Lande said that the two persons from Jammu and Kashmir were changing their statements on being asked about the purpose of their visit.
All four detained persons were being interrogated about their background and purpose of their visit together to either side of the Indo-Nepal border, the SP said.
PTI