Minor PoK resident apprehended by Poonch police.

Shyam Sood
POONCH January 01 :– In a surprise move Special Operation Group of Poonch police have apprehended a 14 years old boy from PoK who after crossing the LoC had reached near Poonch town without any notice by the Security Forces.
Ali Haider s/o Mohd Sharief resident of Bandi-Abbaspur In PoK after crossing the LoC had reached near Ajote village in Gulpur sector when was apprehended by the SOG team headed by Munish Sharma, Deputy SP (Ops).
The boy presently is in the police custody and could tell only his identity and names of brother,mother & 3 sisters during initial questioning.
“Whether he crossed LoC inadvertently, is a matter of further questioning which will be done after he becomes stable” said a senior police officer.
Ramesh Angral ,SSP Poonch has confirmed that the boy is in the police custody.
“Rs 300 Pakistani currency and cigarette packet with Pakistani marking has been recovered from his possession. He was carrying no ID card” said SSP.
Senior Army Officers have been asked to contact their counterparts across the LoC for confirmation about the details being provided by the boy about his residence and family members, SSP added.
Sources said the boy was engaged for grazing the buffalos of a landlord and was not happy with the job, so he decided to leave the house and inadvertently crossed the LoC.
The decision for his repatriation will be taken only after completion of further questioning and if found innocent.
The big question is how a minor boy from PoK managed to reach near Poonch town after crossing the LoC.
On December 6, two minor sisters from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were detained after they inadvertently had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.
Laiba Zabair, 17, and her younger sister Sana Zabair, 13, residents of Abbasspur in Kahuta Tehsil of PoK, were noticed moving into this side by Indian troops and were repatriated next day.