Pakistan hands over Nagpur woman to BSF who crossed LoC 'to meet Pakistani pastor she met online'

Sunita Jamgade, a 43-year-old woman from Nagpur who crossed into Pakistan earlier this month through the Line of Control (LoC) near Hunderman village in Kargil, was handed back to Indian authorities by Pakistani officials on Saturday, The Indian Express reported.

The Pakistan Rangers handed Jamgade over to the Border Security Force (BSF), which then handed her to the Amritsar Police.

She had been reported missing on 14 May. Police said she crossed the border over ten days ago, leaving her son behind, and was later caught by Pakistani forces.

Sources told the Times of India that Sunita, a former nurse from a hospital in North Nagpur, was reportedly trying to meet a Pakistani pastor she had connected with online.

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“A team comprising one officer and two women constables has been sent to Amritsar to bring Sunita back,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V) Niketan Kadam, as quoted by The Indian Express.

“Pakistan captured Sunita after she crossed the border. The Pakistan Rangers handed her over to the Border Security Force (BSF), and the BSF has handed her over to the Amritsar Police,” Kadam added.

Sunita Jamgade walked into Pakistan from the last village in the Kargil district of Ladakh, leaving Indian security and intelligence agencies puzzled.

Third attempt to cross LoC

This was Sunita’s third attempt to cross the border, after being stopped twice earlier at Attari. The incident has raised serious concerns about how she managed to cross undetected, especially as tensions with Pakistan remain high and troops are heavily deployed along the LoC.