Jammu and Kashmir: BSF launches drive to detect cross-border tunnels in the State
Srinagar: After the terrorist attack in Sunjwan on April 22, the Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have launched a drive to detect the cross-border tunnels in the State.
A terrorist who carried out a terror attack ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pali Panchayat block in Samba district of Jammu region had reportedly crossed Daig Nullah along Indo-Pak border at village Supwal in the district and trekked some distance to board a truck waiting for them. The police arrested three persons, including two truck operators, in connection with the attack. The arrested persons have not been able to tell the police whether the slain militants had crossed through an underground tunnel or breached fencing.
Both the militants, affiliated with the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit, besides a CISF officer, were killed in a five-hour-long gun battle that erupted just 48 hours before Modi’s first official visit to J&K after the abrogation of Article 370.
The BSF, However, regularly carries out outdrives to detect cross-border tunnels, and presently it is underway within 400 meters of the border fence all along the IB in the Jammu sector.
Last year, the BSF detected two tunnels that originated from across the IB in the Kathua district. In the past decade, 10 such tunnels have been unearthed by the force. Since last year, another threat posed by the use of drones by Pakistan is also being taken care of.
(Smit Soni)
