Srinagar/New Delhi: Amid the hostilities between the two countries, the Indian Army has sent back a Pakistani national who was detained near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district last week.
Indian Army and his Pakistani counterpart,
The formalities of the handover were marked by a handshake between a major-rank officer of the Indian Army and his Pakistani counterpart, seen in a series of photographs posted by the Indian Army on Friday.
The handshake is a sign of easing tension along the LoC, where the situation usually remains tense due to continuous infiltration by Pakistan.”
A Pakistani national, Asad Khan, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), who was apprehended at Simri village of Kupwara after crossing the Line of Control on 12 June 2026, was deported back to Pakistan on 18 June 2026,” the Indian Army’s Chinar Corps posted on Twitter on Friday.
Khan was handed over to the Aman Setu peace bridge on the Kishanganga River at Titwal in Kupwara, about 158 km north of Srinagar, in the presence of senior officials.”
Based on specific intelligence inputs, alert #ChinarWarriors, in a joint operation with @JmuKmrPolice, intercepted the individual and prevented any possible security breach,” the Army’s Chinar Corps posted. During his six-day stay in India after his capture,
“Asad Khan was treated with dignity and compassion, reflecting the Indian Army’s unwavering commitment to humanitarian values and conduct,” the Army post said, adding,
His safe return home underlines the Indian Army’s adherence to the highest standards of ethos, responsibility and military professionalism.”
Khan, whose three brothers work in Saudi Arabia, had gone to Neelam Valley in PoK in search of a job and allegedly lost his way and inadvertently crossed the LoC.
