26 PoK guests among 40 cross sides on LoC

SRINAGAR :Twenty six new guests from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived here today while only one Kashmiri crossed over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC) at Kaman post, the last Indian military post in Uri sector in north of Kashmir.
As many as 15 returnees also crossed side after completing their stay on both sides of the LoC with their relatives, separated in 1947.
Official sources said here this afternoon that 24 POK residents, including 13 women and one child, arrived at this side of the LoC after crossing the Aman Setu, peace bridge.
Two Kashmiris, who had gone to PoK, returned here after completing their stay in PoK.
However, only one Kashmiri crossed to other side of LoC to meet his relatives, separated during partition in 1947.
They said 13 POK residents, who had come here in previous Karwan- e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad since April 7, 2005, also returned to their homes.
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