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India vows to bring back soldier accidentally crossed over to Pakistan

Xinhua, September 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

India Friday said it has taken up with Pakistan the release of one of its soldiers who had accidentally strayed into the neighboring country's territory Thursday.

"All attempts are being made to free 22-year-old soldier Chandu Babulal Chauhan from Pakistani captivity," Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the media in the national capital.

Reports of Chauhan's capture by the Pakistani Army came hours after the Indian Army Thursday announced that it conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

According to The Indian Express newspaper, Chauhan was captured by Pakistani troops at Jhandroot, west of Mankote village, and has been kept at the Pakistani military headquarters in Nikayal.

However, the Indian Army has said in a statement that Chauhan did not take part in the surgical strikes and had "inadvertently crossed the Line of Control from the army post where he was on duty."

"Such inadvertent crossing by the army and civilians are not unusual on either side. They are returned through existing mechanisms," said the statement.

Pakistan has not yet commented on the capture of the Indian soldier, nor has it expressed intention to release him. Endit