Just days after hundreds of villages along the India-Pakistan border were ordered to be vacated, firing was reported at a BSF post along the international border with Pakistan in Gurdaspur district in Punjab on Monday morning.
Quoting sources, news agency IANS reported that the Border Security Force troops had repulsed an infiltration bid by 8-10 people at Chakri border out post.
The firing is reported to have taken place around 2 am on Monday after the BSF men noticed the “movement of 8-10 people” near the international border.
IANS reported that the intruders had entered the Indian territory but were still behind the barbed wire fence when they were challenged.
"They fired at the BSF post. Our troopers immediately retaliated the firing. The intruders retreated back to Pakistan. A search operation has been launched in the area," a BSF official has been quoted as saying.
Earlier reports of a ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops at the border along Gurdaspur were refuted by the BSF.
ANI reported that a search operation was underway in Dorangla village in Gurdaspur district after movement of some “suspected” persons was reported to the police.
Tensions have been running high between the South Asian neighbours since September 18 when 19 Indian soldiers died in an armed attack on an Army camp in Kashmir’s Uri sector.
India last week claimed its army had conducted surgical strikes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir at “terror launch pads”. A senior general of the Indian Army said India had caused significant casualties to “terrorists” and those who helped them. Pakistan denied India launched any surgical strikes.
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