AMRITSAR:The

, which was opened by India and Pakistan on November 9, is not just being used for religious purposes — cross-border online lovers are using the corridor to meet each other.

This was revealed after a woman in her early 20s, from a village in

, was sent back from Pakistan when she and her Pakistani boyfriend were caught romancing in the Darbar Sahib gurdwara by that country’s security personnel.

The woman, from Haryana’s Rohtak district, had gone to Pakistan as a

to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib via the Kartarpur corridor in the last week of November.

According to highly-placed sources, she had actually gone to meet her online boyfriend, who visited the gurdwara from the Pakistan side. The woman first met her boyfriend in the sanctum sanctorum of the gurdwara.

Later, they were caught together by suspicious Pakistan security personnel in a part of the gurdwara complex, which is not frequented by the pilgrims.

The woman was immediately sent back to India after questioning, he said and added that her Pakistani boyfriend was detained by the police. He, however, refused to divulge identity of either the Indian woman or her Pakistani boyfriend.

Strangely, the Indian security agencies are unaware about the incident. “Naturally, the woman wouldn’t tell us and Pakistan Rangers have not informed us about this. After this incident, there is a need to check online profiles of pilgrims to avoid any embarrassing situation,” said a source in an Indian intelligence agency.

Social media has been a connector of people in India and Pakistan and Punjab has in last few years seen a slew of online romances which have ended in women going to Pakistan, mostly using the religious jathas to meet their online lovers.