Averting an infiltration bid at the Jammu frontier, the BSF apprehended a Pakistani national from the international border in RS Pura sector on the intervening night of August 26/27,.
Following the arrest of the Pakistani national, joint interrogation of the suspect is underway by the officials of the security agencies.
“On the intervening night of August 26/27, alert BSF troops observed movement of one Pak national near the International Border. The intruder crossed over to the Indian side of IB and started moving towards the fence. The troops challenged him but he did not pay any heed and kept moving towards the fence in an aggressive manner,” the BSF said in a statement. .
The intruder was fired upon by the BSF troops but he hid behind the gate. The troops then opened the gate and apprehended him, it said.
The apprehended Pakistani national has been identified as Md Shabad, son of Late Noor, resident of Sialkot in Pakistan. The intruder is aged 45 years.
Through the joint interrogation by the agencies, further details are being obtained from the apprehended person, officials said.
The agencies are seeking to unravel his motive and the handlers behind his illegal entry into the country through his sustained interrogation, they added.
On Thursday, the Jammu unit of the BSF foiled a major smuggling bid in Samba area when it shot at one Pakistani intruder and injured him. The troops then recovered eight packets of narcotics (Heroin) from him.
The BSF troops noticed a suspicious movement of one person near IB from the Pakistan side carrying one bag. The troops immediately fired on the intruder and injured him .
However, the injured smuggler managed to crawl back to the Pak side. Blood stains of injured Pak smuggler was found on the spot where he was injured from BSF fire.