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German lady jailed for entering Occupied-Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: A court in Srinagar has awarded two months imprisonment to a German woman on the charges of entering in occupied Kashmir without valid documents, Voice of German (VoG) reported.

According to the news report, the German woman Hizay Maia who is a designer by profession was arrested from the Batwara area of Srinagar on February 1, when she was travelling in a car.

Maia said that she has not done this intentionally rather she had appealed to the concerned officials to issue her necessary documents for travel to held Kashmir.

She said that unnecessary delays were made in issuing her the concerned documents.

A magistrate who awarded her imprisonment also ordered the Superintendent of Srinagar Jail that the German woman should be handed over to police custody after the completion of her jail term who will hand her over to German Embassy in New Delhi. APP