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The J&K Police connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) blacklisted and enforced an exigency exit connected a Chinese nationalist for violating the Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRRO) rules successful Kashmir, 3 days aft helium was arrested from a low-budget homestay successful Srinagar.
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A elder constabulary serviceman told The Hindu that the foreigner was enactment connected exigency exit and sent backmost from the Srinagar airport. Besides, helium has been blacklisted for violating the FRRO rules.
Hu Congtai, a 29-year-old Chinese national and a Physics postgraduate from Boston University, was picked up from a low-budget homestay successful Friends Colony, Budgam, 3 days ago.
An authoritative said that Mr. Congtai was sent backmost from Srinagar airdrome connected December 10, 2025, arsenic his visa was not valid for introduction into the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
The passenger’s visa is valid lone for Varanasi, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur, Sarnath, Gaya, and Kushinagar. “However, helium entered Jammu & Kashmir without a valid visa. The accusation astir the supra idiosyncratic came into the announcement of the section police.”
The authoritative further added that the Chinese nationalist was sent backmost from Srinagar to Delhi aft conducting a preliminery investigation.
Mr. Congtai, who had arrived astatine Srinagar connected December 1, 2025, was sent backmost to Delhi by the Air India Express flight.
The Chinese nationalist faced questioning astatine the Humhama Police Station successful Srinagar for 2 days. His integer login successful his mobile phone, which had an Indian SIM paper successful it, left the information agencies funny astir him.
Mr. Congtai told officials that helium work a batch of lit connected Kashmir and Ladakh earlier travelling and adjacent watched movies similar Article 370. During his Kashmir stay, helium toured Shankaracharya hills, Hazratbal shrine, Mughal Gardens, Harwan Buddhist tract and ruins astatine Awantipura ruins successful southbound Kashmir.
Mr. Congtai came nether scanner archetypal erstwhile helium ventured into the Zanskar vale of Ladakh connected November 25, 2025 successful usurpation of his constricted visa. In Ladakh, which borders China, helium stayed successful Zanskar’s picturesque Zangla, a accepted way of trekking into Himachal Pradesh from Ladakh.
Mr. Congtai has already visited Varanasi, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur, Sarnath, Gaya and Kushinagar, officials said. He arrived successful India connected November 19, 2025 on a tourer visa.
