BSF nabs 20-year old youth in Rann of Kutch attempting to cross over to Pakistan to meet his ‘girlfriend’ in Karachi

Bhuj: Alert BSF troops on Thursday at around 9 pm apprehended a young Indian national, namely Siddiqui Mohamad Zishan, son of Mohammad Salimuddin Siddiqui, about 1.5 kms short of India – Pakistan international border when he was attempting to cross over to Pakistan through Rann of Kutch area to meet his girlfriend.

Zishan was in a dehydrated state and revealed that he had gone unconscious for about 2 hours in the Rann. Pan Card/Aadhar Card/ATM card of UCO Bank and Mobile phone were recovered from his possession.

Zishan revealed that he fell in love with a girl namely Samra fro Shah Faisal Town, Karachi, Pakistan on Facebook and both of them were in contact with each other through Facebook and Whatsapp. He wanted to go to Pakistan and had used Google Map for navigation.

Zishan has been handed over to the Police for further investigation and verification of story given by him.

Earlier in the day, Crime Branch of Maharashtra Police had shared information with Gujarat Police regarding missing complaint lodged by parents of the apprehended person at his native place. Balasar Police in district Kutch had further shared the information with BSF and troops were alerted. His mobile location was traced to be in and around Dholavira.

During the search conducted by BSF in the afternoon, a black colored bike Bajaj Boxer (registration number MH16 D 3702) was recovered near Fossil Park which he had used to travel from his hometown and abandoned before leaving towards border area. On preliminary inquiry he was identified as Siddiqui Mohamad Zishan Mohammad Salimuddin, age-20 years, son of Mohamad Salimuddin Siddiquie, resident of Khwaja Nagar, Gali number 19, Osmanabad, Maharashtra.