Pak intruder shot dead along border
JAMMU: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday shot dead a suspected Pakistani intruder along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu sector of Jammu and Kashmir, making it the second such incident in two days.
BSF troops of 110 Battalion, deployed on International Border (IB) at Chhawani Border Outpost (BOP) in Samba district, noticed some suspicious movement near the fence early on Saturday, BSF Deputy Commandant S Balasubramaniam said.
Troops then challenged the intruder and asked him to surrender. But, when he tried to flee towards the Pakistani side, he was shot dead. The body was later handed over to the police, he said.
The troops had killed a suspected Pak intruder at Chak Faqira Border Outpost (BOP) in Samba district on Friday.
Posted by: john frum 2008-12-27 |