Two PoK residents escape from Uri police station

Hailing from a village close to the Line of Control (LOC) in Kalakote Tehsil of POK,the duo were arrested last year,he said,adding they served a jail term of one year for illegally crossing into this side.

“Police was in the process of completing legal formalities before their push back into the POK but they escaped from the protected custody,” Kumar said.

He,however,said they were not involved in militancy.

Sub-divisional Police Officer of Uri M S Jamwal said Rehman and Badshah were brought to Uri police station on October 2 for push back.

“We have launched a hunt to nab them,” he said,adding a departmental inquiry has been ordered in the matter.