Pregnant wife of Bengal BSF jawan detained in Pakistan leaves for Punjab
Rajani had earlier said if her queries with BSF camp officials remained unsatisfactory, she would travel from Ferozepur to Delhi, seeking a meeting with Union Home Ministry Amit Shah
Rajani Shaw at Chandigarh airport on Monday (PTI) The wife of BSF Constable Purnam Shaw, who was detained by Pakistan Rangers after he inadvertently crossed the international border last week, arrived at the Chandigarh airport from West Bengal’s Hooghly on Monday to gather information from senior BSF officers about efforts to bring back her husband.
Rajani, who is pregnant, her son and some other relatives arrived at the airport from Hooghly district’s Rishra on their way to Punjab’s Ferozepur to meet senior BSF officers. However, she was not allowed to speak with the media at the airport.
Shaw, posted with the BSF’s 182nd battalion at the Ferozepur border, was escorting a group of farmers near the border on April 23, stepped away to rest under a tree and inadvertently slipped into Pakistani territory and was subsequently apprehended by the Pakistan Rangers, BSF officials said.