An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier who was arrested in Pakistan for trespassing will be handed over to India on Friday (today).
“We have decided to free the Indian soldier, Satyasheel Yadav. We have completed his interrogation. He will be handed over to the BSF tomorrow in the presence of the media after a flag meeting with BSF in Sialkot on Friday morning,” a senior Rangers official said.
The soldier was captured on Pakistani soil by Chenab Rangers on Wednesday and moved to an undisclosed location for interrogation. Indian officials maintain he was swept away by a strong current of the Chenab river when he was out on patrol with three other soldiers.
A company commander level flag meeting was held at 2:45pm on Thursday between Pakistan Rangers and Indian BSF during which the Rangers said that Yadav, 30, would be returned on Friday “after some formalities will be done by the Rangers. The meeting was held in the Nikowal border post area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sunderbani sector.