Conflict
5 infiltrators killed along Indo-Pak border in Punjab: BSF
New Delhi: India’s Border Security Forces (BSF) on Saturday claimed to have killed 5 persons who were trying to enter the Indian side through the Khemkaran border area in Tarn Taran district along the Indo-Pak border in Pujab.
Quoting officials, Delhi-based media organization NDTV reported, that the intruders after being spotted by BSF troops, started firing after they were challenged to stop. This led to a gunfight between the two parties and the BSF troops killed all five of them.
The Punjab frontier of the BSF shared a picture of the slain persons with their faces hidden on twitter and wrote, “Alert troops of 103 Bn #BSF noticed suspicious movement of intruders violating IB. Upon being challenged to stop, intruders fired upon #BSF troops who retaliated in self defence. Resultantly, 05 intruders were shot. Intensive search ops is underway.”
Alert troops of 103 Bn #BSF noticed suspicious movement of intruders violating IB. Upon being challenged to stop, intruders fired upon #BSF troops who retaliated in self defence. Resultantly, 05 intruders were shot. Intensive search ops is underway. pic.twitter.com/qwN5UoWC1A
— BSF PUNJAB (@BSF_Punjab) August 22, 2020
“BSF troops first noticed suspicious activity at the border around midnight, following which they launched a focussed surveillance on the intruders and set up multiple ambushes along the front. The contact was established around 4:45 am, just behind the IB fence,” quoting a BSF official, PTI reported.
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