An unarmed Pakistani intruder was gunned down by BSF troops along the International Border in the Samba district of Jammu region while he was attempting to infiltrate inside the Indian territory late Wednesday night.
Preliminary reports suggested the intruder was being pushed inside the Indian territory to check whether the gaps existed to push in small groups of terrorists. Senior BSF officers of the Jammu frontier rushed to the forward BSF post to take stock of the infiltration bid from across the International border.
Briefing reporters in Samba, Inspector General of BSF, Jammu Frontier D K Boora said, “At around 10.15 pm, forward duty points (of Border Security Force) observed movement of one human being crossing the International Border from Pakistan. His movement was kept under observation and was challenged when he entered into this side”.”The intruder tried to flee and was fired upon by the alert personnel and neutralized. The search operations were conducted in the area” the IG BSF said.
The officer asserted that anyone stepping foot on Indian soil with “nefarious design” would meet the same fate.
The officials said the body of the intruder was recovered near the border fence but nothing objectionable was recovered from his person.The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately, they said, adding the body is being handed over to police for postmortem and other legal formalities. In Rajouri, a joint team of the Indian Army, JK Police, and BSF launched an operation based on intelligence inputs. The operation led to the recovery of a large consignment of weapons, ammunition, and explosives from a remote location in Kalakote, Rajouri.