SRINAGAR, Dec 11:
Chinese national Hu Congtai, who had entered Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir in violation of his visa stipulations, has been deported to Hong Kong, officials said here on Thursday.
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The decision to deport and blacklist the 29-year-old Hu was taken after completion of forensic examination of his mobile phone as he had visited places of strategic importance in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, they said. Click here to watch video
“The Chinese national who was detained here last week has been sent to Delhi on the evening of 10th December for onward deportation to Hong Kong,” the officials said.
Hu arrived in Delhi on November 19 on a tourist visa, which permitted him to visit Buddhist religious places in Varanasi, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur, Sarnath, Gaya and Kushi Nagar.
However, he boarded a flight to Leh on November 20 and did not register at the Foreigners Regional Registration Office counter located at the Leh airport.
He was detained after an Army unit noticed an unusual chatter on the Internet.The officials had found that his browsing history indicated an interest in the deployment of paramilitary forces in Kashmir valley, prompting them to ascertain the purpose of his visit to the strategically important Zanskar region in Ladakh late last month.
During his stay at Ladakh, he had toured the Zanskar region for three days and visited places of strategic importance in the Himalayan town before landing in Srinagar on December 1, the officials said. (PTI)
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