In the Rajasthan area of Sri Ganga Nagar, a Pakistani national who crossed the international border into India with the intent to kill suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma is detained by the Border Security Force.

The detained Pakistani national is being questioned by a team from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and other intelligence organisations.

The individual was taken on July 16 at around 11 p.m. from close to the Hindumalkot border outpost, according to a senior Border Security Force (BSF) officer. He was discovered by a patrolling crew in a suspicious state. He was detained and frisked right away.

He said, “We have found an 11-inch long knife, religious books, clothes, food and sand in the bag from his possession. He identified himself as Rizwan Ashraf, a native of Mandi Bahauddin city located in Northern Punjab of Pakistan.”

He continued by saying that during the initial investigation, the suspect disclosed that he had crossed the border in order to kill Nupur Sharma because of her divisive comments about the Prophet. He had intended to carry out his plan after visiting the Ajmer Dargah.

He said, “We have handed him over to local police for further investigation. He was produced before a magistrate from where he was sent to eight days of police custody. We have informed the concerned intelligence agencies about him.”

He is being questioned by an IB, RAW, and military intelligence team.

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