New Delhi: Fourteen Indian citizens who travelled to Pakistan as part of a large group of pilgrims for Guru Nanak’s 556th birth anniversary celebrations were denied entry and turned back after officials reportedly refused to accept them, allegedly saying that “they were Hindu, not Sikh”.

The pilgrims — Pakistani-origin Sindhi Hindus who later acquired Indian citizenship — had joined around 2,100 devotees cleared by India’s Home Ministry to visit Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak. Pakistan had issued travel documents for roughly the same number of people.

On Tuesday, approximately 1,900 pilgrims crossed the Wagah border, the first civilian movement between the two nations since Operation Sindoor, India’s military action in May following the Pahalgam terror attack. However, it is

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