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| Intrusion bid on Jammu frontiers, city put on alert | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT0
JAMMU, Nov 4: Jammu City and its adjoining areas have been put on high alert as the BSF authorities claimed to have foiled major infiltration bid by heavily armed infiltrators along the International Border with Pakistan near Durga post at Makwal late last night.
Official sources said the infiltration bid was apparently supported by Pak rangers. Automatic weapons, rifle grenades and rockets were used by the infiltrators to target Indian posts in the sector, BSF IG AK Surolia said.
Two BSF jawans were also injured during exchange of firing which continued for over one and half hour, BSF authorities said after carrying out an on the spot visit to the sector.
A flag meeting between the Pak rangers and BSF authorities was also organized on Tuesday morning where BSF officials lodged formal protest with their counterparts.
This is the third major infiltration bid by the trained infiltrators in the same sector. IG BSF said that the militants forcibly tried to infiltrate but alert jawans prevented the infiltration and retaliated the fire forcing the infiltrators to head back. He said in view of the Assembly elections in the state, the jawans of border security force are maintaining a tight vigil along the border and would not allow any infiltrator to breach the barbed wire fence.
Meanwhile, red alert has been sounded in the Jammu city following reports of infiltration bid from Makwal border, Durga post. During the intervening night of 4 to 5 Nov at about 11:45 am a group of five militants made bid to infiltrate through Makwal border but the 141 battalion of BSF challenged them but militants fired rockets and hurled hand grenades on the BSF party resulting two BSF Jawans identified as Havaldhar Harbans Lal and sepoy Bipeen Chand received splinters, they were rushed to GMC hospital. During retaliation Militants were forced to run back to Pakistan. The gun battle lasted for about two hours and BSF recovered two empty cases of rockets and one live rocket made in China, a BSF officer informed the Early Times. A case has been registered in Satwari Police station in this regard. |
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