Despite the order of the High Court, J&K police and eight siblings moved to Punjab to repatriate Pakistan

Despite a Jamu and Kashmir High Court order, a family, including a policeman, was rounded up in J&K’s Poonch and transferred to Punjab on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 to repatriate Pakistan. The move comes a time of uncertainty among hundreds of women from Pakistan and Pakistani occupation who occupied Kashmir (POK) who married J&K residents.

According to Ali’s wife, police officer Ifthikar Ali, his three brothers and five sisters, were rounded up by J&K police and transferred to Punjab. “I have three children and their father was taken to Pakistan. He worked for 26 years in the J&K Police Department. How did he become Pakistan?” she said.

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‘DC, SSP didn’t help’

The family approached the J&K High Court on Tuesday (April 29, 2025) which directed the petitioner to “not requested or forced to leave J&K”. Justice Rahul Bharti said under the order: “Deputy Commissioner Poonch directed in the affidavit to refer to the affidavit of Mauza Salwah salwah Salwah Salwahsil Mendharchar in relation to the petitioners’ name and rights or reference to their father, Faqur Din.

Mrs. Ali said she and her family tried to contact the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and the Senior Commissioner of Police (SSP) after a court order. “DC said the SSP would help, and SSP said the DC would help. We didn’t understand why my husband was transferred despite the court order.”

In another case, two sisters aged 66 and 60 were rounded to Pakistan after 43 years of living in Thanamandi, Rajouri. “My mother came to J&K with my grandmother and aunt in 1983. At this age, where will they survive in Pakistan? We have no relatives there.”

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“No law against cross-border marriage”

An official figure shows that more than 60 women married to former militants have been rounded up for deportation through the Attari-Wagah border. However, Pakistan refused to allow access to such women on Wednesday.

“We are never allowed to cross the border on Wednesday. Those who get married should be allowed to stay. A joke to marry Indians? The law that keeps Pakistani women from marrying Indian men. Until there is no such law, we should be allowed to stay. We are sent to criminals. When we are rounded up, I feel like a criminal. This year.

She asked: “I have applied for a long-term visa. Nevertheless, I was deported. We are suffering from the Pahargam attack.