Chinese woman suspected of spying on Dalai Lama detained in Gaya

India

oi-Prakash KL

The
mysterious
woman,
alleged
of
spying
on
religious
leader
Dalai
Lama,
has
been
detained
in
Gaya
in
Bihar.

Patna,
Dec
29:
The
cops
detained
a
Chinese
woman
suspected
of
spying
on
Dalai
Lama
in
the
Gaya
district
in
Bihar
on
Thursday.

“Police
detain
the
suspected
(Chinese)
woman
in
Bodh
Gaya
in
connection
with
an
alleged
threat
to
Tibetan
spiritual
leader
Dalai
Lama.
She
is
being
interrogated,”
JS
Gangwar,
ADG
(headquarters)
confirmed
to
ANI.

A
police
officer
has
informed
a
daily
that
the
intelligence
officers
are
questioning
the
woman
to
know
the
reason
behind
her
overstay
in
India
and
why
she
visited
Gaya
at
a
time
when
Dalai
Lama
is
coming
to
the
place.

Police
had
earlier
issued
a
sketch
of
the
woman,
identified
as
Song
Xiaolan,
besides
sharing
her
passport
and
visa
details
with
the
press.
Security
was
beefed
up
around
the
Mahabodhi
Temple
Complex
with
the
screening
of
devotees
being
intensified.

“We
got
inputs
about
a
Chinese
woman
who
has
been
overstaying
in
India
and
is
presently
said
to
be
in
Bodhgaya,
which
we
verified
and
launched
a
search.
In
view
of
the
inputs,
the
security
personnel
deployed
in
Bodh
Gaya
for
the
security
of
the
Dalai
Lama
were
alerted,”
a
report
quoted
Gaya
senior
superintendent
of
police
(SSP)
Harpreet
Kaur
as

saying.

The
ANI
report
said
that
the
Chinese
woman
had
been
living
in
different
parts
of
the
country,
including
Bodhgaya
for
over
a
year
now.
However,
there
is
no
record
in
the
foreign
section
about
the
Chinese
woman
and
her
stay.

This
year
the
Dalai
Lama
resumed
his
annual
tour
to
Bodhgaya
after
it
had
been
suspended
for
the
last
two
years
owing
to
COVID-19.
At
the
Kaal
Chakra
maidan,
he
had
addressed
a
gathering.
He
would
be
in
Bodhgaya
until
December
31
during
which
he
would
impart
teaching
every
day,
the
report
also
added.