Army officials said on Tuesday that amidst increasing tension, a Pakistani citizen has been caught from the Line of Control (LOC) in Ponch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Further investigation is going on.
An official on Monday said an official that another Pakistani citizen was detained by the Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers, when he illegally crossed the border in the Gurdaspur area of Punjab.
According to a senior BSF official, soldiers were patrolling when they detained on the night of intervention of May 3-4,
The person has been handed over to the Punjab Police for further investigation. The BSF is responsible for protecting the 3,323 km long India-Pakistan border, spreading over the states of Jammu and Kashmir (parts of LoC, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
This limit is the most sensitive and unstable in the country due to historical tension and ongoing security challenges.
On 23 April, Pakistan Rangers detained a BSF Trooper when he unknowingly crossed the international border near Ferozepur in Punjab.
The incident occurred when a BSF tropper was crossing the border to provide security to local farmers working near the fence. According to preliminary reports, the soldier spontaneously stepped into the Pakistani region.
After this incident, the BSF issued a strict advice to the jawan to be cautious and cautious during the border petrol.
A senior BSF official confirmed that, although the advisor had been part of his regular briefing, Pakistani Rangers have been instructed to be additional vigilant during duty, after the Pakistani Rangers detained the jawan while patrolling the duty.
Amidst the ongoing tension on the border, the jawan has been asked to be additional vigilant and inadvertently avoid crossing the border during patrol duty. Even the farmers working on the fields on the borders have been asked to be vigilant, ”the official said.
Another BSF official said that such incidents are common in the border of Punjab, where the two sides often cross the border inadvertently and the issues are used to solve a flag in a meeting, but this time Pakistan is not changing for the meeting despite several attempts.
The official said, “Pakistan is not responding due to the ongoing tension after the Pahalgam attack, but we have lodged our protest with Pak Rangers and are making all efforts to bring the jawan back,” the officer said. (AI)