SRINAGAR: Not a single Kashmiri crossed over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC) while seven fresh guests from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) arrived here today to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition.
As many as 27 returnees also cross side at Kaman Post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector, official sources said.
They said no Kashmiri resident crossed to other side of LoC in the Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of POK today. However, 15 POK residents who had come in previous buses returned to their homes. They included nine women. Sources said seven POK residents arrived here after crossing the Aman Setu, peace bridge on foot. They included two women, sources said adding 12 Kashmiris, including four women, who had gone to other side also returned to their homes.
The cross LoC bus service introduced on April 7,2005 has helped thousands of families divided due to partition to meet each other. (UNI)
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