Love for a Pakistani woman — stated to be a model — drove an Indian youth to try illegally go across the border before he ended up in a jail.
The youth, 24, was nabbed by Indian customs department at Attari railway station on Thursday when he was attempting to board in Samjautha Express train to Pakistan without passport and visa.
Assistant customs commissioner custom V.K. Mahajan said the young man, a post graduate in MCA and a resident of M M M Engineering College in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended when he had attempted to cross over to Pakistan by the Samjautha Express.
Mr Mahajan said the youth, during a long interrogation session here on Friday, claimed he fell in love with a Pakistani model during an Internet chat. When she said that if he loves her he must try to reach Pakistan at any cost, the youth, without applying his mind, attempted to cross into Pakistan by train.
A court here set the youth free on Friday evening after slapping a Rs 1,000 fine on him. His lawyer D.K. Sharma said the court took a lenient view as he is a student. —PTI