J&K court stays deportation of cop, 8 siblings to Pak

In a major relief to a cop and his eight siblings, including five sisters, authorities on Wednesday suspended their deportation to Pakistan on the orders of the high court and are taking them back from Punjab to reunite them with their families in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

- Press Trust of India

JAMMU:

The siblings were shifted from Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab for their deportation to Pakistan on Wednesday morning, despite the high court admitting their plea against the step and granting them temporary relief.

The nine members of the extended family were among the more than two dozen people, mostly from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), who were served deportation notices by authorities in Poonch, Rajouri and Jammu districts.

The police personnel, Ifthkar Ali, 45, and his eight siblings including five sisters aged between 42 and 56 years got a respite when the high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh admitted their petition claiming that they are not Pakistani nationals and have been living in Salwah village for generations.