An entire patrol of 13 Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB ) jawans were detained by the Nepalese border guarding force (APF) along Indo-Nepal border early today.
SSB Inspector General (Operations) Deepak Kumar said in New Delhi that the patrol team led by a Sub-inspector was on vigil in the area since early morning as the force had seized about 1,500 litres of diesel being allegedly smuggled to the other side Saturday evening.
After having witnessed suspicious activity along the Ambari-Kesna border post, two SSB jawans followed the alleged smugglers after which the rest of the party went in.
Following a border meet between field commanders of the two sides, the SSB jawans were later released.
The paramilitary force guards the 1,751 km-long open frontier with Nepal