New Delhi (NVI): Border Security Force (BSF) troops foiled an infiltration attempt along the border with Pakistan and shot dead two armed smugglers near Sriganganagar in Rajasthan on the intervening night of September 8 and 9, officials today said.
According to reports, the operation was carried out after receiving specific intelligence inputs about narcotics smuggling from Pakistan side to the Indian side in AOR of BOP Khayaliwala, Sriganganagar border outpost.
The alert BSF troops foiled a nefarious attempt by the armed smugglers to smuggle arms and ammunition.
BSF troopers seized arms and ammunition, drugs and Pakistani currency from the slain intruders who tried to cross the border fence, officials said.
During night intervening 08/09 Sept 2020, on specific intelligence about narcotics smuggling from Pak to India side in AOR of BOP Khayaliwala, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, alert BSF troops foiled a nefarious attempt by armed smugglers & shot dead 02 smugglers ahead of fence.
(1/3) pic.twitter.com/levPiH0um0— BSF (@BSF_India) September 9, 2020
On searching the area, the BSF found two pistols, 28 rounds of ammunition, eight packets of narcotics, one night vision device, Rs 13,000 in Pakistani currency, one national identity card no 31103-7254202-1 in the name of Shahbaz Ali S/o Mustaq Ahmed along with the bodies of the intruders.
The BSF and police have launched a search operation in the area and an FIR has been registered at Gajsinghpur police station.
The shooting comes less than three weeks after the BSF shot dead five intruders, who were trying to cross over to Indian territory from Pakistan, in a village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district.
-CHK
