Char Dham Yatra 2025 registration began on Monday, with special registration counters set up for the specially-abled, senior citizens, and foreign nationals.
According to the police, the identified Pakistani nationals have been issued exit permits to leave the country as per the directives of the central government in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people and injured many.
A total of 537 Pakistani nationals have left India through the Attari border over the past three days after the deadline for short-term visa holders ended on Sunday, according to an official.
Traders, students and NGOs held a protest at Ghanta Ghar, Lal Chowk in Srinagar against the Pahalgam terror attack. Twenty-six tourists lost their lives in the terrorist attack which occurred on April 22. It included 25 Indian nationals and one Nepalese citizen.
The terrorists attacked tourists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen while leaving several others injured, in one of the deadliest attacks in the Valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.
The Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO) has shared the list with a special branch of the Delhi police, and it was further shared with the district concerned for further verification and identification.
In a massive statewide crackdown on illegal immigration, Vadodara Police have caught more than 500 suspected Bangladesh nationals, officials said on Saturday.
Saini said, "We have made all the security preparations. I have told the police to trace and remove all such people (Pakistani nationals) from Haryana, as those who killed our innocent people have no place here."
He further stated that the state government had already taken proactive steps to identify Pakistani nationals residing under short-term or non-official visas and ensure their departure from Madhya Pradesh as per the stipulated guidelines.
The operation was conducted on secret information and jointly carried out by personnel from the Agartala Government Railway Police Station (GRPS), the Railway Protection Force (RPF), and the intelligence department.