Infiltrating militant, family allowed to return by Army

30-year old Mohmmad Javaid, who had joined LeT militant outfit 12 years back, his wife Tabassum alias Sophiya, his three children -- five-year-old Zoya Javaid, Mohmmad Shakeeb (2) and seven-month-old Abdul Waseem crossed LoC and entered into Digwar forward belt in Poonch district, officials said today.

Troops guarding the borderline detected the infiltration soon after the family entered Indian territory and offered to surrender before the Army, they said, adding that Army authorities asked them to return to PoK.

They were crossing illegally to J&K to avail the Return & Rehabilitation policy for Kashmir youths who were lured into taking arms training in PoK by militant groups.

Officials said army authorities told them that this is not the right way to cross the LoC and so it cannot be allowed. They were told to adopt a proper procedure for crossing and return back to Jammu and Kashmir laid down under the policy.

Javaid, who belongs to Surankote belt of Poonch district, crossed over to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) for arms training in 2000. He married Sailkote women Tabassum in PoK and was living in Muhajir colony in PoK.

On July 23 this year, three ultras owing allegiance to the Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) were among six persons pushed back by the army soon after their infiltration along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.