Indian HC employees involved in hit-and-run return home.

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE -- The two Indian High Commission employees who were involved in a hit-andrun incident in the federal capital quietly returned home on Monday along with a few other Indian diplomats.

Dwimu Brahma and Paul Selvadhas returned to India via the Wagah border, a Pakistani of ficial said.

The Indians crossed the border after undergoing thermal screening and preliminary medical check-up, the official said. They were escorted to the Wagah checkpost in a car under tight security measures.

He said three other officials of the Indian High Commission Air Adviser Group Capt Manu Midha, Second Secretary S. Shiv Kumar and one Pankaj accompanied their two colleagues and crossed the Wagah border.

The Indian High Commission, while responding to a query from Dawn, confirmed that the two were back in India and crossed over in the morning via Wagah-Attari border crossing.

Another Pakistani official in Lahore said security official Brahma and driver Selvadhas of Indian High Commission were taken into custody by the police on June 15 when they were trying to flee after hitting a pedestrian. They were later released.

The two Indian HC employeeswerelaterbooked by the Islamabad Police for reckless driving, causing injury due to negligent driving, and possessing f ake currency as fake notes worth ten thousand...

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