Pakistan handed over an Indian soldier, Chandu Babulal Chohan, to Indian authorities on Saturday through Wagah border, Foreign Office said. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said that the Indian soldier deserted his check post in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir and crossed the Line of Control (LoC) over severe grievances with his superiors and leadership.
"Pakistan convinced the soldier to return to India being an Indian national and address his grievances through local grievance mechanisms," he said. He said the decision of the government of Pakistan to return the Indian soldier is based on humanitarian grounds and the commitment to ensure peace and tranquility at the LoC and the Working Boundary. Despite Indian belligerence, he added, Pakistan believes in peaceful neighbourhood and rejects all actions aimed at undermining regional peace and security.
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