Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 29: Two residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), waiting for deportation for nearly two months, escaped from protected custody today in Uri sector of North Kashmir's Baramulla district.
Gowhar Rehman and Amin Badshah, both aged about 25 years, escaped from Police Station Uri, 101 kms from here, in the wee hours today, Senior Superintendent of Police, Baramulla, Viplav Kumar said.
Hailing from a village close to the Line of Control (LOC) in Kalakote Tehsil of POK, the duo were arrested last year, he said, adding they served a jail term of one year for illegally crossing into this side.
"Police was in the process of completing legal formalities before their push back into the POK but they escaped from the protected custody," Kumar said.
He, however, said they were not involved in militancy. |
