New Delhi: A Chinese woman in Bihar's Gaya has been into police custody and will be deported back due to visa violations. Earlier, the police suspected her of spying on Dalai Lama, who is scheduled to participate at several events in Bihar this week.
Sounding an alert earlier today, police had put out sketches of the suspected Chinese 'spy' earlier today on social media requesting residents to provide information about her. The woman was later identified as Song Xiaolan.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gaya, Harpreet Kaur, told NDTV the foreign national was picked up from a guest house at Maharani Road in Gaya and she turned out to be an ardent follower of Dalai Lama
"A search was launched for her after an intimation from the Foreigners' Regional Registration Office at Kolkata that she had violated visa norms that allowed her to stay for not more than 90 days at a stretch".
"She has been in India since October, 2019. She went to Nepal in January 2020 for four days and upon return to India, settled in McLeod Ganj", said the SSP.
Dalai Lama has this year resumed his annual tour to Bodh Gaya, which had been suspended for the last two years due to the Covid pandemic.
Security has been increased in and around the Mahabodhi Temple Complex.
The Dalai Lama addressed a gathering this morning at the 'Kaal Chakra' maidan. He is slated to give his address every day for three days till December 31.