A 35-year-old cognitively impaired Pakistani man was shot dead by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) after allegedly crossing the border by mistake.

According to police, Mustafa Ahmed, 35, had on March 9 traveled with his family to Gadoki, located on the Zero Line in the limits of Mustafabad Police Station, to visit relatives.

Ahmed went out at night without informing anyone and accidentally crossed the border, family members said.

They added that BSF personnel tried to stop him, but he ignored their warnings, prompting the guards to open fire, killing him on the spot.

Pakistani authorities demanded the return of Ahmed’s body, which was handed over and subsequently laid to rest on Saturday night in his ancestral village, Shamkot Jhugian, in the jurisdiction of Chunian Police Station.