A man from Pakistan was arrested last night time in Punjab’s Gurdaspur while seeking to pass the International Border illegally. The 24-year-old man was caught by the Punjab Police.
The intruder, recognized as Husnain, was wearing Pakistan’s National Identity Card when he was caught by the Punjab Police. The police officers found Pakistani forex worth Rs 40 on Husnain. Sources in the Punjab Police informed in media that the person is mentally unwell and became wandering near the worldwide border when he illegally crossed over into India. So In ways, law enforcement officials have not observed any terror links.
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The man’s arrest comes against the backdrop of rise tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 civilians were shot by terrorists. India has vowed vengeance for the worst-ever attack in Jammu and Kashmir, seeing that Pulwama in 2019.
New Delhi acted strongly and put the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance, shutting the Attari border with Pakistan in Punjab, revoking visas granted to all Pakistani nationals, and asking them to leave India or face a 3-year prison term. India has also closed its airspace for all Pakistan-registered aircraft and planes operated or leased by Pakistan airlines. These consist of navy flights.
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Yesterday, Punjab Police arrested men in Gurdaspur for allegedly leaking sensitive records and pics of Army Cantonment areas and Air Bases in Amritsar to Pakistan’s intelligence service, the ISI, police said on Sunday. The accused were identified as Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih.
Speaking to media, Rural Amritsar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Maninder Singh said, “Information was acquired about Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih, who had been in touch with Pakistan’s intelligence operatives, leaking them information around sensitive installations. We have arrested them both and recovered quite a few information from them.”
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