BSF Jawan Still in Pak Custody as Talks Remain Inconclusive

A Border Security Force (BSF) constable, Purnab Kumar Shaw, continued to be under detention by Pakistan Rangers for the third day on Friday after the Pakistani forces came to the flag meeting called by the Border Security Force but said they were still waiting for an order from their seniors, officials said.

- Prawesh Lama

NEW DELHI:

Shaw, who recently joined duty at the Indo-Punjab border in Punjab's Ferozepur district, accidentally crossed the border while assisting border villagers (farmers) working in the fields near the zero line on Wednesday and was taken by the Pakistan border force. He was detained in Pakistan from Wednesday afternoon.