India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol in front of the golden jubilee gate at the Wagah border, on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Amritsar, November 3, 2014. India and Pakistan have suspended a daily military ritual on their main land border crossing after a suicide attack that killed dozens of people, the first time the colorful parade has been called off since the two countries went to war in 1971. India's home ministry said BSF agreed to a Pakistani request to suspend the flag-lowering ceremony to allow mourning. At least 45 people were killed and more than 100 wounded on Sunday by the explosion that ripped through a carpark about 500 meters (yards) from Pakistan's border gate just as hundreds of people left the popular daily performance. REUTERS/Munish Sharma (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR4CLI5
Indian army has reportedly denied access to a broadcast crew returning back to India after covering the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 that came to an unfortunate end after a sharp rise in Coronavirus cases in the country.
According to reports, a group of 29 Indian sports journalists was stopped and denied entry into their country at the Wagah-Attari border crossing by the Indian army.
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Indian army high-ups have directed all 29 members of the broadcast crew to head to Dubai first and then catch a direct flight for India.
However, the broadcast crew has requested the Indian government to grant them entry from Wagah-Attari border crossing as going to Dubai during the pandemic could expose them to the Coronavirus. The crew has also pledged to undergo self-quarantine for 14 days once they step into India.
Ankit Rawat, one of the members of the crew abandoned by the Indian Army, took to Twitter to describe the ordeal.
