Pakistani intruder shot dead by BSF in Punjab's Pathankot

 

by IANS |

Chandigarh, Aug 14 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday shot dead a Pakistani intruder close to the International Border in Punjab's Pathankot sector.


At about 12.30 a.m. BSF troops observed suspicious movement of a Pakistani intruder ahead of the border fence near Simbal Sakol village in Pathankot district, a BSF statement said.


The infiltrator was repeatedly challenged and subsequently neutralized in self-defence to prevent imminent danger, it added.


On August 11, the BSF had shot dead a Pakistani intruder in the Tarn Taran sector while he was trying to cross the border.

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