NEW DELHI:Home minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday attempts were being made to free an Indian soldier in Pakistan’s captivity after he strayed across the line of Control on Thursday.
“The government has taken note of the media reports that say our soldier is in Pakistan captivity… India will take up the matter with Pakistan,” television channels reported Singh as saying.
The soldier from 37 Rashtriya Rifles with weapons inadvertently crossed over to the other side of the Line of Control, an source earlier said. “Such inadvertent crossing by soldiers and civilians are not unusual on either side… They are returned through existing mechanisms,” he added.
Lt General Ranbir Singh, the army's head of military operations, has called his Pakistani counterpart on the hotline used by top commanders to demand the soldier's return as is done routinely in such circumstances "through established mechanisms."
Two officials based in Pakistan’s Chhamb’s sector told Reuters the Indian soldier with weapons was captured at 1.30pm local time on Thursday.
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