BSF apprehends Chinese spy at Indi-Bangladesh border
New Delhi, 11 June (HS): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday arrested a Chinese national at Malik Sultanpur BOP in Malda while he was trying to intrude into Indian Territory illegally through the India-Bangladesh border.
The Chinese national has been identified as Han Junwe (36), a resident of Hubei province in China. BSF has learnt that he reached Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 2 on a business visa and stayed there with a Chinese friend. On June 8, he came to Sona Masjid, District- Chapainawabganj (Bangladesh) and put up at a hotel there. As per documents seized from his possession, it is believed that Junwe was working for Chinese Intelligence Agency in India.
According to the BSF official, during interrogation he revealed that he had visited India four times before. He visited Hyderabad in 2010 and Delhi and Gurugram thrice after 2019. He also claimed that he has been running a hotel in Gurugram named ‘Star Spring’. Some of the staffers in this hotel are from China while the rest are Indians, the BSF official said.
“On further questioning, he revealed that a few days ago his business partner was caught by ATS Lucknow. Due to the case registered against him, he did not get an Indian visa in China and he got (a) visa from Bangladesh and Nepal to come to India,” said BSF.
The BSF has seized an Apple Laptop, two iPhones, one Bangladeshi SIM card, one Indian SIM card, two Chinese SIM cards, two pen drives, three batteries, two small torch lights, five money transaction devices, two debit cards, US dollars, Bangladeshi Taka as well as Indian currency from his possession.