Ex-US Navy, Indian spouse: What we find out about American caught close to Nepal border | India Information
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh police on Monday registered a case in opposition to a American nationwide -named Jordan Brown- after he was apprehended for coming into Nepal with out correct authorisation or legitimate paperwork, officers informed information company ANI.Based on officers, a case has been registered in opposition to him on the Sonauli Police Station below Sections 21/23 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act for coming into India with out legitimate paperwork.What we all know thus far
- Based on Extra SP (Maharajganj) Siddharth, Brown was noticed close to the Sonauli border by safety personnel throughout a routine patrol. When requested to cease, he allegedly tried to flee however was overpowered and brought into custody.
- Officers discovered that Brown was not carrying a passport, visa or another id doc on the time of his detention.
- “On July 11, the SSB apprehended a person close to Sonauli for trying to enter Nepal with out authorisation,” Extra SP informed ANI.
- “Throughout questioning, he (Brown) revealed that he had travelled to Thailand on a vacationer visa, the place he misplaced his passport. He subsequently reached Sri Lanka by way of a sea route and arrived in India from there by sea on November 2, 2025. Since then, he had been residing in Goa. He was trying to journey to Nepal when the SSB apprehended him,” the extra SP mentioned, as reported by ANI.
- He additionally informed officers that he had travelled to Bali, Indonesia, in Might earlier than returning to India, and had spent almost two months within the nation with out carrying his passport.
- SHO Mahendra Mishra mentioned Brown recognized himself as a local of California and claimed to have travelled to 70 nations.
- Brown additional claimed he studied on the College of California and served within the US Navy and Particular Forces for six years earlier than leaving the navy round two years in the past.
- He informed police that he arrived in Goa from the US about two months in the past, stayed there for almost six weeks, after which travelled to Bengaluru.
- From Bengaluru, Brown claimed he boarded a bus to Lucknow on July 8, continued to Gorakhpur, and later employed a taxi to succeed in the Sonauli border.
- He alleged that an acquaintance in Bengaluru was in possession of his passport. Nonetheless, officers mentioned he failed to offer full addresses or verifiable particulars concerning the particular person.
- Brown additionally claimed he met an Indian lady from Uttarakhand in Italy three years in the past and married her in October 2024. Based on him, she works as a yoga teacher.
