Pakistan hands over body of drowned BSF soldier to India

By Nasir Aijaz
AsiaN Representative

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities handed over the body of an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier to the Indian officials, an Inter-Service Public Relations press statement has said.

According to the Army’s media cell, Indian BSF soldier Sub-Inspector Paritosh Mondal had drowned while crossing a canal named as ‘Aik Nullah’ along the Working Boundary, inside Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

The body of the deceased soldier swept towards the Pakistani side.

The ISPR added that the Indian BSF requested Pakistan Rangers for search of the body.

Pakistan Rangers Punjab undertook a search operation, recovered the body and handed over to the Indian BSF today as per the military procedure, added the ISPR.