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Samba terrorists crawled through 80-m tunnel to infiltrate IB: BSF Planned to blow up trains in J&K 11/30/2016 10:32:57 PM Agencies New Delhi, Nov 30: The three militants killed in Samba in Jammu might have crawled through an 80-metre-long tunnel under farm lands to cross the International Border (IB), the BSF chief said on Wednesday. Addressing journalists on the eve of the Border Security Force's 51st Raising Day here, its chief KK Sharma said the paramilitary force had "strong inputs" about possible infiltration bids by terrorists from across the IB following the Indian Army's surgical strikes on terror launch pads, and hence it was "in a position" to detect and neutralise the heavily-armed militants. "After the operation got over at the Chamliyal BoP (border outpost), we checked the fence and there was no breach. Then today morning, we detected a small tunnel of the size of 2x2 metres... We had deployed 'depth nakas' across the fence and hence we could detect and neutralise the three militants. The tunnel was found in a field where farming is done and has soft soil. "The tunnel is about 75-80 metres from the IB and about 35-40 metres from the fence," he said. The DG said the border guarding force would take up the matter with its counterparts - Pakistan Rangers, but added that due to increased hostilities, the other side is not "getting in touch" for quite some time now. BSF officials said there is "ample proof" and indication to say that the militants crawled through the tunnel to reach this side of the border. Sharma said the Nagrota attack that took place yesterday at an army camp was "separate" and it was part of the investigation to find out if it had any connection with the Samba terror bid. The militants had planned to carry out a chain of terror attacks by blowing up running trains and tracks with chained IEDs and hard to detect liquid explosives, a top force official. Top officials said the trio was carrying five bottles of liquid explosive trinitroglycerin. "Militants had infiltrated to carry out big incidents. Their design was to blow up rail tracks and trains here as we have recovered chained IEDs and liquid explosives", Additional Director General (ADG) BSF and Special DG (Western Command) Arun Kumar said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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