Wife of BSF Jawan held by Pakistan seeks help, travels to border district

The wife and other family members of BSF Constable Purnam Kumar Shaw, who had inadvertently crossed the international border near Punjab's Ferozepur district last week, on Monday left for Punjab's Ferozepur to seek help.

Constable Shaw, who belongs to WestBengal's Hooghly district, inadvertently crossed the international border on Wednesday following which the Pakistani rangers nabbed him. "I will speak to the Commanding Officer of BSF after reaching Ferozepur in Punjab. My husband has not been in India for the last six days. So in this pregnancy condition, I have to go to Ferozpur. If we don't get any help there, we will go to Delhi then," Rajani, wife of the constable, said.

Shaw's wife, her son, and three other relatives took a flight to Chandigarh and from there will travel to Ferozepur, a town on the India-Pakistan border. "I will seek help from Delhi if we don't get much help in Ferozpur," Rajani said.


Shaw's detention has coincided with the stand-off between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, where 26 people were killed on April 22.

A team of BSF officials visited Shaw's house on Sunday and assured the family that all measures were being taken to ensure the BSF jawan's return, people in the know said.