A Pakistani national was apprehended in one of the forward villages of RS Pura, close to the International Border, on Saturday evening by local residents and later handed over to the police.
The identity of the Pak national has been established as Basharat Ali S/O Mohd Rafiq ,R/O Village Al Jattan, Sialkot. Joint teams of interrogators are currently questioning him to ascertain the motive behind sneaking inside the Indian territory.
So far police has not ruled out the possibility that the apprehended Pak national may have been acting as a local guide to help small group of infiltrators sneak inside the Indian territory.
Meanwhile, alert was sounded in the area while interrogation of Pak national was still going on.
Official sources claimed, Basharat Ali, roaming in RS Pira area had taken lift from a local resident and he dropped him near village Chandu Chak ahead of village Abdullian. After some time, a local woman in the area raised an alarm after she detected presence of an unknown person in the courtyard of her home.
Pak National was later overpowered by the local villagers and handed over to the police.
He is believed to have told his interrogators that he was accompanied by few other people.
Police is also trying to ascertain fo rmay many days he was roaming in the area and whether he established any contact with his loved ones in Pakistan or any other individual in Pakistan.
