The Indian police detained 45 Pakistani nationals from the Hindu community in Banaskantha district of the Indian state Gujarat for overstaying after their visas expired and their applications for long-term visas (LTV) were rejected, India Today quoted a police official as saying.

They were taken into custody from Akoli village and the process to return them back to Pakistan was underway, local intelligence bureau police inspector Santosh Dhobi said.

The Pakistani nationals were in India to visit Haridwar in Uttarakhand and came to Banaskantha to meet their relatives, he said, adding they were in India for the last two months on a valid Visa.

They were overstaying as their visas expired and their LTVs were not approved, Dhobi said.

The detained Pakistani nationals were in Banaskantha for the last four to five days, he added.