A Border Security Force official keeps a vigil as a Pakistani national flag is seen across the Line of Control, in Jammu. File
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Indian Army troops apprehended a woman who crossed into Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district along the Line of Control (LoC) following an argument with her father in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Wednesday (December 17, 2025).

“A 35-year-old Pakistani national, identified as Shehnaz Akhtar of the Gimma area of Kotli district in PoK, was apprehended by the Indian Army troops from the Dabbi forward area in the Balakote sector on Tuesday (December 16, 2025),” they said.

Preliminary inquiries have revealed that she had an argument with her father and fled from her home towards the LoC area before being apprehended by the Indian Army unit, they said.

The woman is yet to be handed over to the police, they added.

Published – December 17, 2025 03:15 pm IST