An unidentified Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) near the Chak Faquira border post (border pillar no 64) in Samba District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on February 8, reports Daily Excelsior. Inspector General of BSF, Jammu frontier, N S Jamwal said the intruder could be a terrorist guide who had come for a reconnaissance or was carrying something to deliver on this side of the border. “Samba and Kathua sectors along the International Border (IB) in Jammu are witness to repeated infiltration attempts (by terrorists). This is the same area where an underground tunnel was detected in August and an intruder was shot dead on November 23 last year,” the IG BSF added.
Pakistani Rangers opened fire on forward posts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Karol Krishna border outpost area in Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India on February 8, reports Daily Excelsior. The firing from across the border started around 10:20 pm last night, prompting strong retaliation by the Border Security Force (BSF), and the cross-border firing between the two sides continued till 5 am but there was no report of any damage on the Indian side.