BSF troops apprehended a Pakistani national ahead of a border fence, while he crossed the International Border and entered into Indian territory in the area falling under the Amritsar district of Gurdaspur sector yesterday morning, July 14.

A spokesman of BSF giving details said that during questioning it came to notice that the apprehended Pak national had crossed over to Indian territory inadvertently and nothing objectionable was recovered from him. BSF approached Pak Rangers and lodged a protest on the matter, he added further. He said that at about 0700 pm in the evening on Friday the apprehended Pakistani national, being an inadvertent border crosser, was handed over to Pakistan Rangers on humanitarian grounds. He said that BSF always takes a humane approach while dealing with inadvertent border crossers.