BSF guns down infiltrator

Pathankot : Border Security Force (BSF) jawans gunned down a Pakistani infiltrator early this morning. The incident occurred around 8am, just 50 metres from the fencing on the international border in the Bamial sector.
After the firing, BSF and Pakistan Rangers held a flag meeting near the border. Senior BSF officials were not available for comment. Pathankot SSP Nilambari Jagadale Vijay said the BSF had handed over the unidentified infiltrator’s body to the police. “We are trying to verify his antecedents. The post-mortem will be done subsequently. Security has been tightened in the Bamial sector. We can’t afford to take chances, particularly after the Dinanagar and Pathankot terror attacks,” the SSP added. Security has also been beefed up in the border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot.
The firing took place near the spot from where a group of militants had reportedly entered Indian territory on December 31, 2015, before attacking the Pathankot air force station. Police sources claim that the three terrorists who entered the country and attacked the Dinanagar police station on July 27, 2015, had also infiltrated from this spot. However, BSF and Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials have been denying these claims.