Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 31: Police today detained a 17-year-old Afghan boy in Kathua district.
SSP Kathua Romesh Kotwal said Abdul Rehman, son of Abdul Rashid Ahmed, was apprehended near a COVID testing centre at Lakhanpur, the entry point to J&K.
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The arrest was made by a Lakhanpur Police Station team headed by SHO Inspector Sumit Sharma.
He has a passport and a visa and has been taken to the Lakhanpur Police Station for questioning, they said.
Kotwal confirmed the detention and said an inquiry is underway.
The detention comes at a time the Taliban has taken full control of Afghanistan and last US troops left the country, completing its withdrawal.
The SSP said Rehman belongs to Kabul city. His brother was among 12 Afghan soldiers who had come to New Delhi for treatment after being injured in a Taliban attack. The boy had come with his brother, who is admitted in RR Hospital New Delhi as an attendant.
He was detained at Lakhanpur during COVID testing. He was travelling in an inter-State bus. It couldn’t be ascertained why he was heading towards Jammu.
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