Uttar Pradesh: Pakistani woman arrested for violating visa norms in Noida

A Pakistani woman was arrested by Gautam Buddh Nagar Police officials on Saturday after she allegedly violated visa rules in Uttar Pradesh's Noida.

Nausheen Naaz, a 36-year-old from Karachi, Pakistan, was staying with her husband in Delhi on a long-term visa. The couple had got married in 2005, the officials said.

"The woman had entered Noida in violation of the rules of her long-term visa. She was on a bus which was intercepted for checking under a flyover at Sector 14A of the city. She was arrested after inspection," a police spokesperson said.

An FIR has been lodged against her at the Sector 20 police station under Section 14 of the Foreigners' Act, 1946, he added.

Further legal proceedings are underway.

As per the officials, the woman's visa allowed her long-term stay in the country but not outside Delhi.

"For travel anywhere outside the national capital, she was required to have necessary permissions," they said.

The woman was on her way to Sector 137, Noida, on a minibus on Saturday, for a picnic along with some relatives but got arrested as soon as she crossed over into the UP territory. The others accompanying her were let go after inspection, the officials said.

The Saturday arrest also came at a time when lockdown-like curbs are imposed in Noida, over the state government's orders amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Security checks intensify across Uttar Pradesh, especially at state and district borders, during the period of restriction, which begins at 10 pm Friday and ends 5 am Monday, according to officials.

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