A resident of Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir
(PoK), upon inadvertently crossing over into India, was handed over to the
Pakistan Army, news agency ANI tweeted.

14-year-old Ali Haider, who
reportedly had crossed over by accident near the Rangar Nala in Poonch on December
31, 2020, was handed over on Friday.

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A picture posted by ANI displayed the
teenager standing for a photograph with security personnel and Indian officials
with boxes in his hand – assumed by many to be gift boxes from the Indian side.

In a similar incident on December 6,
2020, two girls from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) had accidentally crossed
over to Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector.

Reportedly, Indian troops deployed
along the Line of Control displayed restraint and prevented any harm to the
civilians, who were identified as 17-year-old Laiba Zabair and 13-year-old Sana
Zabair, residents of the village Abbaspur in the Forward Kahuta Tehsil.

Both were repatriated in a similar
fashion to the Pakistani Army later on.

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“Two girls from Pakistan
Occupied Kashmir, Laiba Zabair aged 17 years and Sana Zabair aged 13 years,
residents of village Abbasspur, Tehsil Forward Kahuta had inadvertently crossed
into the Indian side in Poonch Sector in the morning hours of Dec 06,
2020,” PRO (Defence) Jammu were quoted as saying regarding the incident at
the time.