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Pakistan returns border guard held after Pahalgam attack
Gulf News
|May 15, 2025
JAISHANKAR'S SECURITY COVER UPGRADED AFTER HEIGHTENED TENSIONS
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Pakistan yesterday handed over an Indian border guard, captured a day after an April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir which killed 26 people, the paramilitary border guard said.
The attack near the tourist town of Pahalgam sparked a four-day conflict between India and Pakistan, which ended with a ceasefire on Saturday.
Border Security Force soldier “Purnam Kumar Shaw, who had been in the custody of Pakistan Rangers since 23 April 2025, was handed over to India,” BSF said in a statement.
The handover was “conducted peacefully and in accordance with established protocols,” it added.
“Constable Purnam Kumar Shaw had inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan territory, while on operational duty in the area of Ferozepur sector on 23rd April 2025 around 1150 hrs and detained by Pakistan Rangers,” the paramilitary force said.
This story is from the May 15, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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