Overview
- A Pakistani national who identified himself as Ishrat, 35, was apprehended near the Nachna–Nokh sectors in Jaisalmer and handed to Nokh Police Station for investigation.
- He was found with Pakistani currency and a knife and is suspected to be mentally unstable pending a medical examination and questioning by the Joint Interrogation Centre.
- Separately, BSF detained 19-year-old Bangladeshi national Shariful Islam Bhuiyan near Gajansoo in Jammu after he failed to produce documents, and he was handed to BPP Gajansoo (PS Kanachak) for further inquiry.
- Officials identified the detainee from Jammu as a resident of Adra in Comilla and said he had arrived in the city on December 30 as investigators verify his route, contacts and purpose.
- In a parallel case on the Indo‑Bangladesh border, BSF intercepted nine Bangladeshi nationals in South Dinajpur, prompting tighter checks as forces keep a heightened watch around the New Year period.