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Published 23 Apr, 2020 02:53pm

Occupied Kashmir's police chief claims Pakistan 'trying to push Covid-19 patients' into territory

The director general of the police in occupied Kashmir, Dilbag Singh, has claimed that "Pakistan is trying to push people infected with Covid-19" into the valley to spread the virus among its residents, Scroll.in reported quoting NDTV.

“Certain things have come to the fore,” the police chief said after visiting a quarantine facility in Ganderbal district.

Pakistan is "exporting coronavirus patients to spread the virus among people of Kashmir. It’s an issue we have to be cautious about and it’s very disturbing", he alleged.

Earlier, Indian army chief had accused Pakistan of "exporting terror"; the statement was strongly rejected by Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui as "irresponsible, spurious and totally false allegations".

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