Jammu: BSF troops today claimed the killing an intruder on Indo-Pak border in Jammu district. IGP BSF Jammu Ram Avtar said ‘troops observed movement of two-three persons along the IB near Nikowal Border Out Post (BoP) in Arnia sector around 0545 hours, IG BSF. They challenged them and opened fire resulting in the death of one intruder” The other intruders managed to escape, he said.
The force also destroyed two Pakistani posts in retaliation to the killing of its jawan in unprovoked firing.
Two Pakistani mortar positions were “located, targeted and destroyed by BSF troopers yesterday night only. The coordinated precision fire of BSF troopers silenced Pakistani guns,” a BSF spokesman said.