Security forces have arrested a US citizen of Korean origin from near the Indo-Nepal border here in the district, police said today.
Kyong David Duhyun was visiting Nepal on tourist visa and he strayed into the Indian territory while having a stroll late last night, Jainagar SDPO Sumit Kumar said.
Sashatra Seema Bal personnel deployed at Khauna border in Basopatti police station area arrested him.
Besides seizing his passport and currency notes of the US, Korea and Nepal, the SSB men recovered from him an identity card purportedly issued by the US Defence Department, his air ticket to Nepal and a map of the Himalayan country, Kumar said.
During interrogation, the US citizen said he had travelled to Vietnam, Bhutan and Pakistan and spent six months in a Jaipur jail, he said adding that the offence for which he was incarcerated was not clear.
A case has been lodged against him under the Foreigners Act.
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