# Pakistani national held in Old Delhi for illegal stay after Nepal entry 2026-08-20T03:45:50+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Delhi Police arrested a Pakistani national from Old Delhi on August 15 for illegally staying in the national capital, the Crime Branch said on Wednesday. The man entered India via Nepal and was working at a restaurant in Delhi. Police officials stated his stay was without valid documents. The arrest came after surveillance in the Old Delhi area. He has been booked under the Foreigners Act and relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code for overstaying and illegal entry. Further investigation is underway. ## Indian Opinion Analysis This case fits a pattern of illegal entries detected along the porous Nepal border, where land crossings lack the biometric checks at regular ports of entry. India's Foreigners Act, 1946, makes overstaying or entering without valid documents a criminal offence punishable by up to eight years in jail and a fine. Similar arrests in 2024 included a Pakistani national caught in Jaipur and another in Delhi, both entered via Nepal. Watch for the court's order on further police custody, which will determine time for deeper questioning on how the suspect evaded detection while living and working in a central Delhi neighbourhood for months. ## Coverage - indiatvnews.com Led with the arrest and police statement, no comment from the accused or any challenge to the official account, straight crime report. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Delhi Police, Foreigners Act, Old Delhi, Pakistani national Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pakistani-national-held-in-old-delhi-for-illegal-stay-after-nepal-entry/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pakistani-national-held-in-old-delhi-for-illegal-stay-after-nepal-entry/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/