Indian Guards Apprehend Pakistani From Banned Group at Border

At the 77th UNGA, India accused Pakistan of promoting cross-border terrorism. Both states share hundreds of kilometers of disputed and porous border and have repeatedly accused each other of sponsoring terrorism.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) detained an intruder on the Pakistani border in Rajasthan on Tuesday, accusing him of affiliation to the banned Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).

During the interrogation, the man reportedly confessed to being a TLP member and told intelligence officers that he hails from Karampur village in Pakistan. The motive of the intrusion is unknown so far.

“On 26th September, during evening hours, alert troops of Border Security Force apprehended a 20-year-old Pakistani Intruder Mohmmed Wagas in suspicious circumstances from Indo-Pak border in Sriganganagar sector”, the BSF spokesperson said.

The TLP was banned under Pakistan’s anti-terror law after the group staged violent protests over Charlie Hebdo’s publications of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

India and Pakistan accused each other of sponsoring terrorism in their respective countries.