453 Nepalis Rescued from Kushinagar, India, Returned Home via Belhiya Border

Butwal. 453 Nepalis rescued from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, India, have been returned to their homeland via the Belhiya border crossing.

The Lumbini Province Police and the District Police Office Rupandehi team, with the help of Indian police, reached Kushinagar and rescued them.

The rescued individuals were brought to Bhairahawa via the Belhiya border crossing through India's Sunauli, the police said. According to Rupandehi Police Chief (SP) Janak Bahadur Shahi, a Nepal Police team led by SSP Prakash Malla, in coordination with the Indian Embassy, carried out the rescue.

All the rescued individuals are currently kept at the District Police Office Rupandehi. The police stated that the process of collecting their details and screening has begun after they were brought to Nepal in eight Indian buses.

SP Shahi told Ratopati that about half of the rescued individuals are women. During the preliminary investigation, the police suspect that some of them were stranded, some were missing, and some may have been lured from Nepal to India and held captive.

After completing the necessary legal and administrative procedures, they will be handed over to their respective families and sent home, the police said.