JAMMU: An intruder from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was arrested by Indian Army personnel near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district late on Sunday night. Fariyad Ali (22), who crossed the border and trespassed into India, was intercepted in Balakote sector.

The PoK resident is the third person to be caught while illegally entering India via Jammu since September 2019. “The arrested person seems to be mentally challenged and may have inadvertently crossed over to this side,” said a defence source, adding, “Things will get clear once his interrogation is over.”

On October 3 last year, a Pakistani intruder, Ahsaan Mohammed Anwer (19) from Bhuchaki village of Nankana district in Pakistan ’s Punjab province, was apprehended by the Border Security Force near the international border in Kanachak sector of Jammu’s Akhnoor tehsil.

On September 21, 2019, Pakistani national Basharat Ali (20), a resident of Sialkot, was arrested after he infiltrated into India from the international border near Chandu Check village in Jammu’s Ranbir Singh Pura sector.

