A 28-year-old Chinese citizen, identified as Lin Jensen, was arrested by the Gurgaon police Tuesday for illegally residing in India after his business visa expired in 2023.
According to the Gurgaon police, Lin was arrested in the Khandsa village, following a tip-off received by the Sector 37 Police Station. Acting on the information, a police team raided a house in Khandsa, owned by Nitin, where the suspect was found living. When asked to produce valid documents for his stay in India, Lin, a resident of Guangdong in China, failed to provide any legal paperwork, prompting his arrest under relevant sections of the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act.
During interrogation, the police learned that Lin arrived in India in 2019 on a business visa. They said that after his visa expired in 2023, Lin did not return to China and continued to live in India illegally.
From 2023 to March 2025, Jensen resided in Chhatarpur, Delhi, before relocating to Khandsa in March this year. He had come to work for a company in Manesar. So far, no one from the Chinese embassy has come to interact with him,” a police spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The police said Lin was produced before a local court Wednesday, and further legal proceedings are underway. They said the investigation is underway, and they are specifically probing the circumstances of his illegal stay and activities in India.
In July last year, India started working on a framework to process visa applications for the entry of Chinese and other foreign technicians needed in non-Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme sectors to boost production.
