Amritsar, Friday 21 November 2008: Nasir Sultan, a 15-year-old Pakistani boy who was jailed in Punjab after illegally crossing the border to meet Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, will be handed over to Pakistani authorities on Friday.

“He will be released around 11 a.m. We will hand him over to the Pakistani authorities,” Amritsar’s Deputy Commissioner of Police K.S. Pannu said. The police decided to allow Nasir to cross the Attari-Wagah border; about 30 km from here, after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs gave their clearance in the matter.

The Border Security Force arrested Nasir in September from an area near the India-Pakistan border.

The boy, an avid fan of Shah Rukh Khan, said that he came from Pakistan in August to meet the superstar and to participate in a TV reality-singing contest.

Nasir, a Class 10 student, is a resident of Dir in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province that is witnessing intense fighting between the militants and security forces.