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American citizen arrested from India-Nepal border

Motihari, Apr 25 (UNI) An American citizen was arrested from Raxaul border in Bihar on the India-Nepal border, official sources said on Friday.
The sources said here that the Immigration Department caught him for illegally staying in India and trying to sneak into Nepal. The arrested person has been identified as Etan (42). He is a resident of Ben city in Virginia province of America.
According to the source, Etan carried an American passport, which was valid till August 29 2033. The passport was issued by the United States on 30 August 2023. He came to India on a tourist visa, which had a duration of 180 days.
While coming to India from Nepal, in October 2024, the said American citizen came to Raxaul Immigration for entry. However, Raxaul Immigration, after seeing the 180-day time limit, put a refusal stamp on it and sent him back to Nepal.
Despite this, Etan illegally re-entered India and started living here. On Friday, while going from India to Nepal, the Indian Immigration Department arrested Etan at the Raxaul border and handed him over to the Haraiya police station.
Haraiya SHO Kishan Kumar Paswan told UNI that the police were investigating the purpose of Etan's stay in India. His contacts and possible security threats are also being investigated.
After the terrorist incident in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir, the security agencies have increased vigilance along the India-Nepal border.
Etan was in police custody and would be sent to judicial custody after interrogation.
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