Gurdaspur BSF DIG D S Bains said the four Pakistani youths had told them that they were taking bath in Jalalia rivulet and swam into the Indian side in the absence of any demarcation.

He the BSF and other security agencies were questioning them. Bains said during preliminary inquiry, BSF authorities found that they had "inadvertently" entered the Indian territory and in case they were found to be innocent and if the officials were convinced that they had not made a forced entry into the Indian side, they will be handed over to the Pakistan Rangers.

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So far, Pakistani authorities have not made any formal request for getting them back, Bains added.