New Delhi: The British High Commission is in talks with Indian authorities for the release of two citizens of that country who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday for crossing into India from Nepal without valid documents.

It has been claimed that the two Britons, both audiology specialists working on a medical mission in Nepal, crossed the border at Rupaidiha out of mere curiosity. They were probably not aware that only Indian and Nepalese citizens are allowed to cross the border without visas. ADVERTISEMENT

The two have been identified as Hassan Amman Saleem (35), a British citizen of Pakistani origin, who resides in Manchester, and Sumitra Shakeel Olivia (61) from Gloucester. Olivia is originally from Udupi, Karnataka.

The arrests took place amid heightened security checks at

See Full Page