JAIPUR – Indian authorities have detained twelve Pakistani nationals, including four women, in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan after alleging them of violating visa norms, Press Trust of India reported on Thursday.
The Pakistani nationals had entered the neighbouring country on October 13 to visit Haridwar, a Hindu pilgrimage site. Before returning to Pakistan, they arrived in Saroopsar area to meet their relatives.
Station House Office of Jetsar police station Vijay Singh told the PTI that the pilgrims, known as Hindu Jathas, were taken into custody as they did not have permission to visit the area. They are being interrogated by intelligence agencies, he added.
Hindu pilgrims visit Haridwar to immerse mortal remains of their families into the river Ganga.
