Ferozepur/Kolkata, April 29 -- The wife of Border Security Force (BSF) constable, Purnab Kumar Shaw, who has been detained by Pakistan Rangers for inadvertently crossing the border, arrived in Chandigarh on Monday afternoon and proceeded to Pathankot to meet the senior officials of her husband's battalion in a bid to secure his release.

Shaw has now been in Pakistan Rangers custody for the sixth consecutive day, with the neighbouring country yet to respond to India's repeated requests for his release.

Rajani, who married Shaw from Rishra in the Hooghly district of West Bengal on December 7, 2015, told the media before leaving home that she would also visit Delhi and seek a meeting with the Union home minister and other government offici...