Jammu & Kashmir
Chinese national with Aadhaar card detained in Kashmir, flown out of Valley after questioning
Ganderbal: The Jammu and Kashmir Police this week briefly questioned a Chinese national, in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir, who was travelling from Leh towards Srinagar and carried an Aadhaar card as well, Economic Times reported.
The foreigner, identified as Yang Xuhong, 47, was spotted by police while he was travelling in Ganderbal district, which connects Kashmir with Kargil of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The report quoting officials, said Yang Xuhong had arrived in Leh in a flight and stayed there for some time before travelling towards Kashmir by road.
Police officials were amazed to find that Yang carried an Aadhaar card in his name issued from Maharashtra, the report said quoting people aware of the matter. His Aadhaar number mentioned on the card was 36xxxxxxxxx, the report said.
His Chinese passport – PE2xxxxxx – was issued from Mumbai in 2021 and is valid until 2026, the sources told the newspaper, adding that his place of birth is mentioned as Gansu in China.
Yang told the police that he “works in Mumbai and needed an Aadhaar card for official purposes” in the company he works for, the report said quoting the sources further. After questioning, he was flown out of the Valley in a flight earlier this week, they said.
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