India, Sept. 9 -- For the first time since Operation Sindoor was launched to wipe out terror infrastructure in Pakistan in May, India on Tuesday repatriated 70 Pakistan nationals who had completed their jail terms in different states of the country through the Attari-Wagah joint check post in Amritsar district.

According to official sources, the Pakistani nationals, who had illegally crossed into India, were brought to the Attari-Wagah checkpost to be sent back to their country after they had completed their jail terms in Punjab, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana.

Most of them are fishermen, while 19 were from other backgrounds, the sources said.

Some of those being released on Tuesday were also serving terms in the Ludhiana and Amrit...