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3 Swedish Nationals Detained In Assam For Visa Violations, To Be Deported


The vacationers have been produced earlier than a court docket and located responsible. (Representational)

Guwahati:

Three vacationers from Sweden have been taken into custody for violating their visa provisions by attending a spiritual assembly in Dibrugarh district of Assam on Wednesday, the police mentioned.

The police had filed a case in opposition to the three for attending the assembly at Ghinai underneath Namrup police station with a vacationer visa, further superintendent of police Bitul Chetia mentioned.

The vacationers have been produced earlier than a court docket and located responsible underneath the Foreigners Act. It directed the deputy commissioner and the district police to rearrange for his or her deportation.

The three-day prayer assembly was organised by United Church Discussion board, a physique of various church buildings, with due permission from the district administration.

The vacationers will likely be despatched to Guwahati on Thursday and subsequently deported to Sweden, Mr Chetia mentioned.