New Delhi

A Pakistani national, who crossed over to India via the International Border to allegedly kill suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, has been held in Sri Ganga Nagar district of Rajasthan.

He is being interrogated by a joint team of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), RAW and the Military Intelligence.

According to the Border Security Force (BSF) the man was found in a suspicion condition and taken into custody by the its patrolling team on July 16 from near Hindumalkot border outpost

The security forces have recovered an 11-inch long knife, religious books, clothes, food and sand in a bag from him.

He has identified himself as Rizwan Ashraf, a native of Mandi Bahauddin city located in Northern Punjab of Pakistan.

During preliminary investigation, he admitted to the security agencies that he crossed the border to kill Nupur Sharma over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammed. He had planned to visit Ajmer Dargah first before executing his plan.

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He has been sent to eight days of police custody.