Overview
- The Border Security Force apprehended the pair in Gujarat’s Kutch district after they allegedly crossed from Pakistan on foot.
- Police identified them as Popat, 24, and Gauri, 20, who told interrogators they left home because their families opposed their relationship.
- The couple were handed over to Balasar police in Kutch East, with an FIR to be registered following agency questioning.
- Officials said the two had no identification and carried about 100 Pakistani rupees when detained in the early hours of November 24.
- Police described this as the second similar case in roughly two months, noting a prior detention reported on October 8.