Amid heightened alert along the International border across Jammu frontier, alert jawans of Border Security Force (BSF) late sunday night shot dead a Pakistani intruder after he ignored advance warnings and tried to breach the barbed wire fencing in Ramgarh sector of Samba.
The intruder, in his early fifties, was not carrying any arms and ammunition on his person at the time of sneaking inside the Indian borders.
Since July 1, BSF is conducting special exercises to fortify its defences in the wake of ongoing Amarnath yatra.
BSF troops on ground zero are also maintaining tight vigil along the vulnerable stretches of the International border to timely detect presence of any cross border tunnel or any surprise intrusion bid.
Official sources said, after the recovery of the dead body of the intruder the BSF authorities handed it over to the local police for completing necessary legal formalities.
BSF spokesman in a statement said, “during the intervening night of 14/15 July 2019, BSF troops deployed at forward post in Ramgarh area noticed a suspicious movement between border fence and IB”. BSF spokesman said, “BSF troops challenged him to stop, but he continued moving stealthily towards border fencing. Sensing his ill-intentions of crossing the fence BSF Jawans first fired a warning shot which did not deter the intruder. Finally, when intruder tried to enter through the fence , BSF Jawans neutralised him”. Meanwhile, security forces, deployed on Amarnath yatra duty, continue to guard all the border roads leading to the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway to prevent any terrorist strike on the Amarnath yatra.