Pakistan hands over 20 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah border
India Today
Pakistan handed over 20 Indian fishermen, who were released recently after languishing in Landhi jail, to India at the Wagah border on Monday.
Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country's territorial waters were handed over to India through the Wagah border crossing on Monday.
The fishermen, kept in Karachi's Landhi Jail, were released on Sunday after completing their jail term.
A spokesperson of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit Pakistani social welfare organisation, said that the fishermen were handed over to India's Border Security Force (BSF) in the evening after meeting the legal formalities.
"The 20 fishermen who were released from the District Prison and Correctional Facility, Malir, on Sunday and brought to Wagah on Monday were handed over to the BSF in the evening after meeting the legal formalities,” Muhammad Younis, a spokesperson of the Edhi Foundation, told PTI.
They entered India on the basis of 'Emergency Travel Certificate' issued by the Indian High commission at Islamabad.
The moment the fishermen crossed over to India, they knelt and kissed the ground.
All were medically examined, including for COVID-19, said the officials in India.
