Rajib Chowdhuri

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New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Wednesday handed over each other's border-guarding personnel captured by the Border Security Force and the Pakistan Rangers, respectively, at the Wagah-Attari border between the two countries. BSF trooper Purnam Kumar Shaw was handed over to India 21 days after he was apprehended by the Rangers after he "inadvertently" crossed over to the Pakistan territory while on operational duty in the Ferozepur sector on April 23 around 11.50 am, the officials said.