An alert has been sounded in villages located near the Indo-Pak border in Pathankot district and patrolling intensified after BSF alerted police about five suspected infiltrators that were spotted on the Pakistani side.
"Three to five suspects were spotted by our surveillance equipments on the Pakistani side near the Zero line and thereafter, Pathankot police authorities have been informed in this regard," a BSF official said on Wednesday.
BSF has Dhinda Forward Post in Bamial area near Zero line at the Indo-Pak border.
"An alert has been sounded in and around villages located near the Indo-Pak border and night patrolling by security personnel has been stepped up in the wake of information with regard to suspects shared by BSF personnel," a Pathankot district police official said.
Police check posts have been set up at various places while the area near Narot Jaimal Singh has been completely sealed. Heavily armed terrorists had attacked Pathankot Airforce base in January this year and they were suspected to have infiltrated into India from a spot near Bamial located near Indo-Pak border in Pathankot.