Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 8: Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) last night arrested three former Kashmiri militants along with a Pakistani woman and two children at Sonauli border in Maharajganj area of Uttar Pradesh, bordering Nepal.
The Pakistani woman happened to be the wife of one of the militants, who also had two children with her when they crossed into the Indian territory from Sonauli border last night, official sources said.
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and local police stopped them yesterday when they failed to produce valid documents about their identity, sources said, adding the SSB took them into custody.
The group comprising three men, one woman and two children were sent to J&K cell in Delhi by road. Jawans of the SSB also accompanied them, sources said, adding the J&K CID Cell would hand over the former Kashmiri militants, one Pakistani woman and two children to Srinagar police for initiating further action against them.
According to SSB sources, the group wanted to return to Jammu and Kashmir as per the new Rehabilitation policy (2010) of J&K Government according to which former militants who crossed over to PoK between 1990 and 2009 will be considered for safe return.
However, Nepal route didn’t fall under the Rehabilitation Policy. Only those militants would be treated for benefits under the Rehabilitation Policy, who crossed over from the prescribed routes including Poonch-Rawlakote, Uri-Muzaffarabad, Wagah border in Punjab and IGI Airport in New Delhi.
Over 300 such militants along with Pakistani women and children have already reached different parts of Jammu and Kashmir from Nepal route.
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