Border Security Force personnel have successfully interdicted three Pakistani intruders and seized one pistol, one pistol magazine, six rounds of ammunition, one Pak mobile with SIM and Pak currency Rs 205, on Punjab border in the area of responsibility of Border Outpost Pulmoran, Amritsar sector (on January 21).
BSF post on duty observed some suspicious movement along the border security fence. They immediately rushed towards fence to verify this suspicious movement as visibility was very less due to fog. BSF troopers heard a burst fired towards them. This was followed by heavy firing from counterpart side. To check further misadventure and in self defence, troops retaliated the fire towards Pak side. During search of the area, three dead bodies of Pakistani intruders were found lying ahead inside the IB, of border security fence. It appeared that rest of intruders, along with their weapon, in wake of alert and effective response by BSF, ran back.
BSF also seized 36 packets of contraband suspected to be heroin, two pistols, three magazines, 17 rounds of ammunition and one Pak mobile phone with SIM on Punjab border on January 21 in two separate incidents thus thwarting the evil designs of smugglers/ANEs.
Keeping in view the vulnerability of border from smuggling point of view, Ajay Kumar Tomar, IPS, inspector general BSF Punjab Frontier has issued operational guidelines to further strengthen border domination especially in view of foggy weather so as to effectively check the menace of narcotics smuggling on Punjab border with Pakistan. Consequently BSF field units are maintaining enhanced vigil on border. The troops were on high alert as inputs were received regarding threat of smuggling from the area of Border Outposts Naushera Dhalla and Kassoke.