Guwahati: Seven German nationals would be expelled from India on Saturday for violating Assam’s visa regulations, said officials.
Golaghat district Superintendent of Police Ramandeep Kaur while quoted by IANS as saying over the phone that the process to deport the seven Germans through New Delhi or Kolkata is already underway.
According to a different district police source, the visitors arrived in Assam on October 25 and visited a number of tourist attractions, including the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR).
“They attended some religious events in Tinsukia and Karbi Anglong and were halted and detained in Golaghat. We restrained them from doing so. They came to Assam on a tourist visa and flouted visa norms by attending religious gatherings,” the official said, adding that they would be fined $500 each for visa rules violation. The Germans’ Indian companion Mukut Borda from Jharkhand was also detained from a resort near KNPTR.
They had plans to visit different areas of Assam, but they were stopped by the police. “The German nationals are now in Kaziranga. They would be taken to Guwahati and then to Kolkata or Delhi for deportation,” the official stated as reported by IANS.
The detained Germans were identified as Christian Reiser, Michael Erich Schaper, Merten Asmus, Cornelia Von Oneimb, Hinrich Luppen-Von Oneimb, Christa Olearius and Lisa Aimee Bloem.