According to the intelligence agencies, the Chinese agents however managed to sneak into India through the Indo-Nepal border and are in the age group of 18 to 35 years. As per intelligence agencies, these agents are staying in different Tibetan monasteries and are jointly carrying out their mission while the female agent is working independently. These agents have been sent to spy on Dalai Lama and his aides, it is believed.
Intelligence agencies deployed on the Indo-Nepal border are interrogating them through translators. During interrogation it was learnt that they had arrived by a vehicle till the border, parked the vehicle there and then entered Indian territory on foot.
SSB Commandant Devanand said that prima facie it seemed that they had come here as spies. He said that three other Chinese were held recently while taking pictures and sent to Delhi after interrogation.
Ever since the Maoist government took over in Nepal, the movement of Chinese nationals on the Indo-Nepal porous border has increased considerably. This has been a matter of concern for many intelligence agencies deployed on the Indo-Nepal border. The Indian intelligence agencies are also worried over the opening of Chinese language learning centres for Nepalese citizens on the Indo-Nepal border.
Indian intelligence agencies are on high alert after receiving inputs about infiltration of six Chinese intelligence agents into India illegally through the Indo-Nepal border.
As per security agencies deployed on the UP-Nepal border, the Chinese agents disguised as Buddhist monks entered India and have taken shelter in different Tibetan monasteries of Shravasti. These agents, according to the intelligence, include a woman and are connected with Kubum Boddh monastery governed by Eastern Tibet. Their infiltration has increased the threat to the lives of Tibetan religious head Dalai Lama and his close aides.
The Chinese agents disguised as monks sought special permission from Indian Embassy in Nepal to visit India in the month of December, sources said. The Indian Embassy on enquiry found their connection with Chinese intelligence agencies and their application was rejected.
SSB jawans held three Chinese nationals, Mipix Utidong, Hanksang and Chainlong, all residents of Shanghai, on Monday night. The Chinese nationals were spotted taking photographs of the SSB camp, Indo-Nepal gate and activities of the SSB. Kakkar added that they did not possess passports and visas and entered Indian territory illegally.
He said that three other Chinese were held recently while taking pictures and sent to Delhi after interrogation.
The Chinese agents disguised as monks sought special permission from Indian Embassy in Nepal to visit India in the month of December, sources said. The Indian Embassy on enquiry found their connection with Chinese intelligence agencies and their application was rejected.The Uttar Pradesh police rubbished the Chinese foreign ministry's claim that the three spies arrested from from Rupaideeha in Bahraich were tourists who had crossed into India by mistake.
"The three Chinese nationals were arrested because they were clicking photos of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) camps which are prohibited areas. The SSB also seized an Indian PAN card from them," Brij Lal , the state's additional director general of police, said on Thursday. " They are remanded in judicial custody for 14 days and we are appointing a translator to help the investigators." China on Thursday urged India to " properly handle" the issue. Hong Lei, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson in Beijing, said the Chinese embassy in India was getting in touch with the Indian police for further information.
Hong termed as "groundless" reports that the three Chinese citizens were spies or had engaged in money-laundering. But Lal said the Indian PAN card in their possession had " created doubts" about their antecedents. The external affairs ministry has sought a report from the Union home ministry on the issue.
"As the incident is under the jurisdiction of the home ministry and related bodies, it is being handled by them. We have sought a report from those concerned ministries and organs such as immigration departments to ascertain the facts," a senior external affairs ministry source said in Delhi. It is understood that the external affairs ministry will deport the Chinese nationals if advised by the home ministry.
The Chinese spokesperson referred to the apprehended Chinese nationals as tourists who were on holiday on the Nepal- India border and mistakenly crossed over to India. But Lal said the Chinese have been booked under the Passport Act not only because their activities were mysterious but also because they failed to show any passport or visa.
Those arrested - a woman and two men, who claimed to be engineers engaged in installation of mobile phone towers in Nepal on behalf of Chinese cell phone giant Huawei. They were identified as Yu Uyang, Che Rang and Li Soto.
"They were staying in a hotel in Nepalganj area of Banke district of Nepal and entered Rupaideeha. They can move freely in Nepal but it is illegal for them to enter India. It is also illegal for to click photos of prohibited areas," Sanjay Kakkar, Bahraich superintendent of police, said.
"They left their car in Nepalganj in Banke district of Nepal and entered Rupaideeha," he added. The Bahraich police on Thursday moved an application before chief judicial magistrate M. P. Dwivedi for the police remand of the arrested Chinese nationals. The case has been posted for hearing on Saturday.
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