3 returning from Pakistan held with pistols at Wagah

Amritsar, July 21

Three Indians returning from Pakistan via the Wagah-Attari border in Punjab have been detained by the Pakistani authorities after some pistols were allegedly seized from them, officials said on Thursday.

They were detained just before they were to cross over to India through the land border. The officials said the accused, a man, his wife and son, hailed from Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh.

They were understood to have travelled to Pakistan about a month ago to attend a family event and were on their way back when they were detained after the pistols were found from their baggage. Attari in Amritsar district of Punjab is located across Wagah in Lahore. It is a notified integrated check post (ICP) for movement of people and goods between the two countries.