Pakistani national who crossed over to India to 'meet Shah Rukh Khan' sent back with one other

The repatriation of the Pakistani nationals comes days after Pakistan released Indian national Hamid Ansari after six years.

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New Delhi: India on Wednesday repatriated two Pakistani nationals, one of which claims to be an SRK fan. While many may baulk at this, but a 21-year-old Pakistani national said he had crossed over to the Indian side to meet actor Shah Rukh Khan. Abdullah and Mohammed Imran Qureshi Warsi were sent back to Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border on the basis of an Emergency Travel Certificate issued by the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi. Of the two men, 21-year-old Abdullah was detained from Attari last year and was charged with crossing over without any documents. He said he had come to witness the Retreat ceremony at the border, when he jumped over and crossed the zero Line after the ceremony. He told the BSF officials that he wanted to meet Shah Rukh Khan. Before his repatriation, agencies quoted him as saying: “I came to India through Attari in 2017. It was my childhood dream to come to India and meet Shah Rukh Khan. My dream was not fulfilled. I'll come back again.” The other man Mohammed Imran Qureshi Warsi was jailed for about a decade in Bhopal on charges of “spying and forgery”after coming to India in 2004. He had come to India on proper documentation to meet his relatives in Kolkata. He stayed on in the country for four years despite the expiry of his visa.  He had also allegedly obtained a ration card and some other documents during his stay. In 2008, he was on his way to Bhopal to get a passport when he was arrested by police, an official at Attari border said. Warsi said he was very happy as he will be able to meet his parents and siblings who all live in Karachi's Gulshan Iqbal area. The repatriation of the Pakistani nationals comes days after Pakistan repatriated Indian national Hamid Ansari after six years.  Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, was detained by Pakistani intelligence agencies in the year 2012 for entering the country illegally to reportedly meet a girl had befriended online.