The government was in the process of identifying people living along the international border in the Pithoragarh and Champawat districts of Uttarakhand who have dual citizenship of India and Nepal, an official said.
“We have found such cases in Pithoragarh’s Jhulaghat and some areas of Champawat district on the Indo-Nepal border. The district administrations concerned have been informed about this,” D.N. Bhombe, Deputy Inspector General, Almora region of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), said.
The SSB officer said that the personnel deployed in all the 54 border outposts of the force in Uttarakhand are trying to identify such people living in the Indian territory, who have the dual citizenship of India and Nepal.
