Despite border tensions, Army sends back 2 POK boys who had crossed LoC by mistake

In a rare gesture, army allowed opening of Chakkan-Da-Bagh crossing point along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Friday for 20 minutes to allow two boys, one of them from this mountainous district and other belonging to Pak, to be repatriated. Both the boys had inadvertently crossed the LoC within the last fortnight and the authorities requested the army for opening the point.

“The gate at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point opened at 12:40-13:00 hours for handing and taking over of the boys of both sides who had illegally crossed over to (Pak) from sector Bandichechian and entered into this side from sector Gulpur,” a district official of Poonch told media.

Reports said that both of them were handed and taken over by the authorities on both the sides after completing all the legal formalities. Police said that Mohammad Shabir (17) son of Mohammad Bashir Gujjar of Mandhar Mohallah Kayian had gone missing from his house on 24 December last year and had crossed over to Pak via Kirni Bandichechian sector along the LoC.

In this regard, a missing report was lodged at police station Poonch on 25 December 2020, the official said. Similarly, the boy from Pak, Ali Haider (14) son of Mohammad Sharief of Bandi -Abbasspur (Pak), was arrested by SOG Poonch on 31 December last year from Gulpur sector.