After weeks of tension, BSF jawan, Pak ranger exchanged at Attari-Wagah border

NEW DELHI: Soon after Pakistan returned

BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw

on Wednesday, India also released a Pakistani rangers trooper who had been in custody for nearly after two weeks. The exchange took place at the

Attari-Wagah border

near Amritsar.The Pakistani Ranger had been apprehended by BSF personnel near the international border in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district.

This reciprocal gesture followed weeks of heightened tension between India and Pakistan, triggered by the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and India's subsequent counterterror operation, codenamed Operation Sindoor.A

ceasefire agreement

was announced last Saturday, with both sides agreeing to halt all military actions across land, air, and water.