Guj cattle herder who crossed over to Pak in 2008 returns to India

January 23, 2021 16:43

A cattle herder from Gujarat's Kutch district, who had inadvertently crossed over

to Pakistan in 2008 and was arrested there on charges of spying, has finally returned to India after languishing in the neighbouring country's jails, officials said.

Ismael Sama, 60, from Nana Dinara village in Kutch, located some 60 kms from the Pakistan border, had mistakenly crossed over to Pakistan while grazing his cattle.

He was arrested and kept in the jails of that country before he was released two days back following the Islamabad high court's order on a plea moved by the Indian High

Commission there.

Sama reached Amritsar after crossing over to the Indian territory through Wagah-Attari international border on Friday, officials at Attari said.

Some of his family members also reached Amritsar to receive him, sources said.

The authorities in Amritsar are completing some formalities, including Sama's medical examination, after which he would be handed over to his family, the officials said.

-- PTI

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