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Indian Border Guards Kill Pakistani Intruder Trying to Breach Punjab Border

© AFP 2023 NARINDER NANUBorder Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol along the border fence during a cold foggy morning near India-Pakistan Wagah border about 40km from Amritsar on December 21, 2022
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol along the border fence during a cold foggy morning near India-Pakistan Wagah border about 40km from Amritsar on December 21, 2022 - Sputnik India, 1920, 03.01.2023
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In recent months, the border districts of Gurdaspur and Amritsar have witnessed a spike in incidents where Pakistani intruders and drones have tried to enter India.
A Pakistani intruder was killed on Tuesday as the BSF foiled an attempt to infiltrate into India from across the International Border (IB) in Punjab state, a spokesperson of the border guard force said.

The Pakistani intruder's infiltration bid was scuttled by alert BSF troops in the Gurdaspur sector along the international border of the two countries in Punjab at around 8.00 am, the BSF official added.

Providing details about the incident, the BSF said that troops fired at the intruder when he was noticed approaching the border fence from the Pakistani side.

"At about 8.30 am, BSF troops of Channa Border Outpost of Gurdaspur sector observed suspected movement of an armed Pakistani intruder ahead of the border fence, who was approaching the fence from the Pakistani side. The suspected intruder was challenged and neutralised by the BSF troops," the BSF said in a statement.

The BSF further revealed that the force had recovered a shotgun from where he was killed.

A large-scale search and combing operation was launched in the area after the incident.

Notably, this was the first time this year a Pakistani intruder attempted to illegally enter India from Punjab.

In 2022, the BSF shot dead two suspected Pakistani intruders, while 23 others were apprehended at the Punjab border.
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