87 Indians freed by Pakistan will return home tomorrow

March 07, 2016 20:31

Eighty-seven Indians, mostly fishermen arrested in Pakistan for allegedly violating its territorial waters, were handed over to India at the Wagah Border after being released from a prison. "We have handed 87 Indians, mostly fishermen, to the Border Security Force," a Pakistan Rangers official said.

He said the Indian nationals have been handed over to the Indian authorities after verifying their documents. The Indian nationals were freed from the Landhi Jail in Karachi yesterday. They arrived Lahore by a train this morning.

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