Amritsar, Jan 3 – An unidentified Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the Ajnala sector along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab on Tuesday, officials said.
The infiltration bid came in notice of BSF troops around 8 am and the intruder was found armed with a sophisticated modified Pump Action shotgun.
Official source said that a Pakistani intruder who entered the Indian Territory at Ramdas village falling in the Ajnala sector part of Amritsar district. Intruder was shot dead by the BSF of Channa Check Post commanded by the Gurdaspur district Battalion of BSF.
Earlier, when the BSF troops observed some suspected movement at Indo-Pak border wherein an armed Pakistani intruder was seen approaching BSF fence from the Pakistan side. The suspected intruder was repeatedly challenged but he continued marching towards troops, then BSF in self-defense fired gun shots and he was killed on the spot on the Indian side.
During a comprehensive search of the area, BSF troops found one Pump Action Rifle which has the ability to fire more than one shot. The gun was seized near the body of a Pakistani intruder.
