New Delhi: Pakistan has been misusing the Kartarpur Corridor, which connects the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in the neighbouring nation to Gurudwara Dera Baba Nanak, to build contact with Indians going to the pilgrimage, sources told ABP LIVE.
The Pakistani intelligence agencies, according to sources, are present on the corridor and their officials are reportedly making efforts to gather information by contacting the pilgrims going from India.
New Delhi has objected to the misuse of the corridor and is also collecting evidence to raise the matter with the Pakistan government soon.
Sources said the corridor is being used for business meetings too. The purpose of the corridor is only religious pilgrimage, said sources and added that business meetings are banned.
Furthermore, a meeting of the officials of the Rotary Club was recently held at the Kartarpur Corridor.
The Kartarpur Corridor is a visa-free border crossing and religious corridor, connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to Gurudwara Dera Baba Nanak with India.
The crossing allows devotees from India to visit the gurdwara in Kartarpur, 4.7 kilometres (2.9 miles) from the India–Pakistan border on the Pakistani side without a visa.
However, Pakistani Sikhs are unable to use the border crossing, and cannot access Dera Baba Nanak on the Indian side without first obtaining an Indian visa or unless they work there.
The Kartarpur Corridor was first proposed in early 1999 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan respectively at that time, as part of the Delhi–Lahore Bus diplomacy.
Earlier on November 26, 2018, the foundation stone was laid down on the Indian side by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The corridor was completed for the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak on November 12, 2019.