BSF constable Purnam K Shaw accidentally crossed into Pakistan on April 23, a day after the Pahalgam terror attack intensified anti-Pakistan sentiment in India.
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00:00BSF Constable Purnam Keshaw accidentally crossed over into Pakistan on 23 April,
00:05just when anti-Pakistan fervor was sweeping through India following the Pahlgam terror attack the previous day.
00:18His detention by Pakistani forces across the international border in Punjab's Firozpur district
00:24sparked a wave of concern in his hometown of Rishra in West Bengal's Hooghly district,
00:29a local councillor invoked Abhinandan Vartaman.
00:32The Indian fighter pilot, Pakistan returned following his capture on Pakistani soil back in February 2019.
00:46The crossing reportedly took place when Shaw was on a routine patrol duty near agricultural fields
00:52close to the Indo-Park border.
00:53While accompanying local farmers, Shaw is believed to have stepped beyond the border fence to seek shade,
00:59unknowingly entering the Pakistani territory.
01:02He was in full uniform and was also carrying his surface rifle when he was apprehended by Pakistani rangers.
01:08Following his detention, officials from both the Indian Army and Pakistani rangers
01:12initiated a flag meeting on 24 April in order to resolve the matter.
01:17But the news of his detention left Shaw's family, his parents, pregnant wife Rajni Shaw and their seven-year-old son
01:24in a state of deep sorrow and panic.
01:26Such inadvertent crossings by troops or civilians into the neighbouring country,
01:40though alarming, are not unprecedented and are typically resolved through established military protocols.
01:46Detainees are usually repatriated after procedural FAB meetings.
01:50For instance, in December 2022, a BSF Jawan who accidentally crossed the international border
01:55in Punjab's Abohar sector was safely handed over to the BSF within 24 hours
02:01after swift coordination between the two forces.
02:04In 2016, a 12-year-old Pakistani boy who had accidentally wandered into the Indian territory
02:09while grazing cattle was repatriated after a brief detention.
02:20in 2017, a 3-year-old Pakistani boy who was next to the oldest
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