BATHINDA: A farmer who went missing 9 days in the past is now confirmed to be in Pakistan custody. Amritpal Singh, 23, is suspected to have crossed the Zero Line at India-Pakistan border close to Rana Panjgrain village in Punjab’s Ferozepur. Amritpal has agricultural land in the jurisdiction of Rana Panjgrain which is close to the Zero Line. Farmers who’ve land past the border fence manned by BSF have to signal in and out day by day. On June 21, Amritpal did so and went to until his land however he did not signal out.BSF officers contacted the household to know if he had come again. When they learnt he was missing, they contacted Pakistan Rangers and wrote to Guru Harsahai police station on June 22 to register an FIR. His father Jugraj Singh instructed TOI that BSF authorities knowledgeable him on June 27 that Pakistan Rangers confirmed Amritpal crossed over to Pakistan and was in custody of Pak police. BSF authorities are holding conferences with their Pakistan counterparts and are hopeful of his return, he mentioned.
