The Indian forces took a 70-year-old man farmer in custody for crossing the border mistakenly.
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 10th March, 2019) The Indian authorities have over handed to Rangers a Pakistani citizen, who mistakenly crossed Working Boundary on Saturday.
The Indian forces took a 70-year-old man farmer in custody for crossing the border mistakenly.
According to details, an elderly man, identified as Muhammad Ashraf, was busy in farming at working boundary in a bordering village in Zafarwal sector when he mistakenly crossed the border.
The Indian forces had taken him into custody and declared him a terrorist.
The family of Muhammad Ashraf has requested the government to bring him back to the country.
The Indian forces decided to hand over the farmer to Pakistan in a meeting with Rangers.
The Indian forces returned the elderly man to Pakistan Rangers at Shakar Garh Border.
Earlier, war-mongering India had decided to deploy 220 additional soldiers at the border.
Meanwhile, at least 375 families residing in the border areas have been shifted to safe places.
At least 2599 people belonging to 375 families of four sectors of Kotli, including Charhoi, Khuiratta, Nakyal and Tatta Pani sectors, have been shifted to safe locations as the Indian forces continue to resort to ceasefire violations along the LoC.
Every day shelling has a direct bearing on the livelihood of LoC residents as it is damaging their houses, shops, fruit trees and crops.
Around 503,000 people from 79,992 families reside along the LoC and have been directly exposed to Indian shelling.
