BSF guns down Pak intruder

Tribune News Service

Bamiyal (Pathankot), Dec 3

Border Security Force personnel foiled an intrusion bid after it shot dead a Pakistani intruder near the Dinda border out post (BoP) in Bamiyal sector of forward areas of Pathankot district.

The intruder was killed after he came close to the border fencing on the Indian side and did not heed to warnings. The area was close to the Punjab-Jammu and Kashmir border, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rakesh Kaushal.

The incident is being co-related to yesterday’s search operation after a man had allegedly spotted a group of ‘militants’ in Pathankot, just near the HP-Punjab border.

1-kg narcotics seized

Chandigarh: The BSF on Saturday seized a packet of a substance suspected to be heroin from a field near the International Border under the Barreke border outpost area in Ferozepur sector. “Based on specific information regarding concealment of narcotics in fields ahead of the fence near the International Border a special search operation was carried out,” he said. — PTI