21-year-old from Maharashtra way to meet a woman in Pakistan arrested at border

Mumbai: A 21-year-old man from Maharashtra identified as Zeeshan Siddique, was on his way to meet a woman in Pakistan whom he had befriended on a social media platform has been apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch while he was trying to sneak into Pakistan on foot, officials said on Friday.

Police said that as per the preliminary probe, the man was on his way to meet a woman in Pakistan whom he had befriended on a social media platformhttps://t.co/7x7TIYoXAe

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Siddique was held by the BSF on Thursday night and later handed over to the local police. He is from Osmanabad town in Maharashtra Kutch-East Superintendent of Police, Parikshita Rathod, said.

Police had issued an alert after a motorcycle with Maharashtra registration number was found abandoned near Dholavira village in the Rann of Kutch on Thursday evening. The BSF later nabbed the man when he was found walking towards the border in a bid to enter Pakistan, added official.