Jammu (NVI): Two minor girls from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), who had strayed into the Indian side along the Line of Control (LoC) yesterday and later intercepted by the security forces in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, were repatriated today.
They were handed over to authorities from PoK at Chakan Da Bagh crossing point in Poonch district, officials said.
“Two girls from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Laiba Zabair aged 17 yrs and Sana Zabair aged 13 yrs of village Abbasspur, Tehsil Forward Kahuta who had inadvertently crossed into Indian side in Poonch in the morning hours of 06 Dec 20 have been repatriated from Chakan Da Bagh crossing point in Poonch today,” the Army said in a statement.
Residents of Abbasspur in Kahuta Tehsil of PoK, the girls had “inadvertently crossed into the Indian side in Poonch Sector in the morning hours,” Army spokesperson based in Jammu had said yesterday.
He said that the Indian troops deployed along the LoC detected the crossing and exercised complete restraint to prevent any harm to teenagers.
Official sources told NVI that these girls were intercepted near Sarla in Sub Sector Gulpur of Poonch district at around 8:45 am.
An official said that the girls are from Gujjar community living across the border.
Pertinently, security forces have intensified patrolling on LoC after unearthing of a tunnel and infiltration bids this year.
-ARK
