India, Jan. 19 -- A Pakistani man, who was detained after crossing over to India in August last year, was repatriated on Saturday evening at the Bakhassar border in Rajasthan's Barmer district as investigation revealed no evidence of his involvement in anti-national activities, officials said.

Border Security Force (BSF) deputy inspector general (DIG) Raj Kumar Bassata said that the man, identified as Jagsi Kohli, was handed over to the Pakistani Rangers after receiving clearance from the BSF headquarters in Delhi.

Kohli, a resident of Akli Kharoda village in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, 35 kilometers from the border, was detained by the Rajasthan police from the village of Jhadpa in the Sedwa police station area of Barmer after loca...