In Pics| 2 Minor Girls From PoK, Detained For Crossing LoC Into India, Repatriated

Laiba Zabair (17) and her younger sister Sana Zabair (13), residents of Kahuta Tehsil in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, were detained on Sunday after being spotted moving into this side by Indian troops.

Even though the Indian troops had detected the crossing, they exercised restrain so that no harm comes to the girls.

Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said," "Indian troops deployed at the LoC detected the crossing but exercised complete restraint to prevent any harm to the teenagers."

The handover of the sisters took place at the CDB point in the presence of civilian and military officials of Pakistan. They were given gifts and sweets by the Indian Army as a goodwill gesture

"Two girls of Abbasspur, Tehsil Forward Kahuta of PoK, who had inadvertently crossed into Indian side in Poonch, have been repatriated from the Chakan Da Bagh (CDB) crossing point today," a defence spokesman said.

Two minor sisters from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, who were detained after they inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, were repatriated on Monday, officials said.