Border Breach Attempt Foiled as BSF Kills Pakistani Infiltrator on Punjab’s "Terror Route"

New Delhi: Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday morning foiled an infiltration attempt by a Pakistani national along the International Border (IB) in Pathankot district. The intruder was shot dead after ignoring repeated warnings from the alert troops of BSF Jammu Frontier.  

According to official sources, the incident took place in the early hours of the morning when BSF personnel noticed suspicious movement near the border. Despite being challenged, the infiltrator continued to advance towards Indian territory, prompting the troops to open fire and neutralizing the intruder on the spot.

Officials informed Republic World that the attempt to breach border was made from Pakistani side today morning at around 7 AM from Jalala Shreef area of Pakistan's Narowal district. "The operation was carried out by the BSF Jammu Frontier, which is responsible for guarding this sensitive stretch of the Jammu-Punjab IB with Pakistan. Security forces have launched a search operation in the area to rule out any further infiltration attempts," he added.

The area where infiltration bid has been foiled is said to be same general area from where terrorists infiltrated in 2015 and attacked the Dinanagar police station. In this deadly attack, 4 policemen and 3 civilians were killed by Jaish terrorists before they were neutralised by security forces. 

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The infiltrator was said to have attempted infiltration after due reccee as he was aware of the timing of the changeover of the force's duty; however, alertness of the troops foiled attempt of breach of border by Pakistani infiltrator.

It is pertinent to mention that as part of BSF's internal restructuring of the frontiers, the deployment in a certain part of Pathankot district comes under Jammu Frontier which is responsible for International Border in Jammu region's Kathua, Samba and Jammu; and also perform duties along the Line of Control under operational command of Indian Army in Rajouri and Poonch.