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Pakistan have to pay heavy price for any mischief: BSF 10/23/2016 10:30:52 PM Early Times Report Jammu , Oct 23: Special Director General BSF (Western Command) Arun Kumar Sunday said Pakistan side has been given a befitting reply and if they dare to target any BSF jawan they will have to pay a heavy price for that. Cautioning that the current period of lull can take 'any turn any time', Special DG also claimed BSF was fully prepared to deal with any eventuality and any border build-up by the Pakistani side on the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir. "Yes, there is lull on the IB for the past 24 hours. We have no doubt that this peace can take any turn any time and we are fully prepared. "If they try to do anything they will be given a befitting reply. We are fully prepared for that", Additional Director General (ADG) BSF Western Command, Arun Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of a wreath laying ceremony here. In the wake of reports of a border build-up by Pakistani troops across the IB, Kumar said BSF has the information and it was fully prepared to deal with any eventuality. "I think we are having the information, we are ready for any eventuality and if they are building up we are ready for it", he said. The BSF said the infiltration attempt, which was foiled by Gurnman and his other colleagues, had the support of the Pakistan Rangers. "Absolutely that is on record and we have seen though our surveillance equipment as how they (Pakistan rangers) have given protection fire to get the people infiltrated into our border and how our men repulsed that", Kumar said. To a question on the BSF claim of having gunned down seven Pakistani rangers and a terrorist in retaliatory fire, the ADG said, "See as far as the number of people killed (are concerned) there we cannot be fully sure, but as we have a close border and we have equipment with which we can see on the other side we have seen several people being hit and falling". On the Line of Control, Kumar said there have been continuous incidents of ceasefire violations and BSF under the guidance of the army are repulsing such incidents. "But this was for the first incident after the Uri attack, that they tried to infiltrate through the international boundary and we gave them a befitting reply", he said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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