Ahmedabad: A Pakistani man who inadvertently crossed the international border was on Saturday handed over to security personnel of that country by the BSF.
The man, identified as Gumano, a resident of Undher in Tharparkar district of Sindh in Pakistan, had left his home after a quarrel with his kin, the BSF Gujarat Frontier said in a statement.
“He was handed over to the Pak Rangers as a goodwill gesture. He is epileptic and belongs to a poor family and has ten siblings. He inadvertently crossed the international border in the intervening night of February 9 and 10, and reached Kuda-Chapariya link road where he was apprehended by troops of 56 Bn BSF,” it said.
The man was in a dehydrated state, and BSF troops provided him food and water, it said, adding that he was handed over after a series of flag meetings.
A similar handover of a Pakistan national was done on January 5 this year as well, BSF officials said.
—PTI

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