 Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 1: Authorities in Poonch district of Jammu have entered name of a Pakistani citizen into the electoral rolls.
According to reports, in village Sawijan of block Mandi, Poonch, authorities have registered the name of a lady in voter list who is actually a resident of Pakistan occupied Kashmir and has illegally entered into Jammu and Kashmir via Nepal few years ago.
The woman's husband, a resident of Poonch, had crossed over to PoK in early nineties for arms training and later returned home via Nepal. "While staying in PoK, he got married to a Pakistani girl there and then returned to Jammu via Nepal with her," revealed sources.
They said that an FIR against couple for entering in Jammu and Kashmir without requisite documents' stands registered against the couple.
A formal complaint has been filed in the office of Deputy Commissioner Poonch and the authorities have initiated an enquiry into it.
Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Rahul Yadav while confirming to have received a complaint in this regard said that he has ordered an enquiry.
"I have ordered an enquiry and were looking into it," he told Early Times.
He said that they will probe how her name was entered into electoral roll and whether proper procedure was followed.
"We will also have to look whether she is from Pakistan or PoK," he added. |
