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India, Pakistan not to imprison inadvertent infiltrators

	April 07, 2008

Guards at the international border between India and Pakis¬tan on Saturday agreed to return all people who inadvertently cross into each other’s territory within 24 hours of the person being caught. Senior officers of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers agreed to it at their bi-annual meeting, which concluded in Chandigarh on March 29. The issue came up for discussion between both sides at their four-day meeting held after recent reports that many innocent people were l ...