PoK woman crosses into Poonch along LoC after argument with father

Indian Army apprehended 35-year-old Pakistani woman Shehnaz Akhtar near the LoC in Poonch, J&K, after she reportedly fled her home in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir following an argument with her father. She is yet to be handed over to the police

Jammu: Army troops apprehended a Pakistani woman who crossed into Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district along the Line of Control (LoC) following an argument with her father in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Wednesday.

“A 35-year-old Pakistani national, identified as Shehnaz Akhtar of the Gimma area of Kotli district in PoK, was apprehended by Army troops from the Dabbi forward area in the Balakote sector on Tuesday,” they said.

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Preliminary inquiries have revealed that she had an argument with her father and fled from her home towards the LoC area before being apprehended by the Army unit, they said.

The woman is yet to be handed over to the police, they added.