Security Forces Kill Pakistani Intruder Along LoC Border In J&K's Poonch, Foil Infiltration Bid

A Pakistani intruder was shot dead along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday when he was trying to sneak into this side from across the border.

Officials said the intruder paid no heed to the repeated warnings given by the troops present at the site and tried to flee back when troops opened fire. This resulted in his death.

Source : PTI

A Pakistani intruder was shot dead along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, said officials. They added the troops guarding the Balakote sector in the Mendhar sub-division challenged the infiltrator when he was trying to sneak into India's side from across the border. However, officials further said, the intruder paid no heed to the repeated warnings given by the troops present there and tried to flee back when troops opened fire. This resulted in his death.

The officials have confirmed the whole area has been cordoned off as further details are awaited on the matter, reported news agency PTI.

Drug and IED explosives were recovered at the spot, news agency ANI reported an Army source as saying.

In a similar incident that took place on May 15, a Pakistani intruder was nabbed by the Indian Army as he attempted to infiltrate from across the LoC in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Mohammad Usman (30), a resident of Karela village of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was intercepted by troops after he entered Tarkundi village late Sunday evening, news agency PTI reported officials as saying.

As per PTI's report, the officials stated that nothing incriminating was recovered from the possession of the intruder, who is being questioned. 

Earlier on April 29, Indian troops detained a father-son duo from PoK who had inadvertently crossed into this side in the nearby Poonch district. Both individuals were later repatriated to Pakistan through the Chakan Da Bagh border crossing point.

The duo, identified as Sardar Abdul Hamid and his son Abbass of Polas village were nabbed in the Gulpur sector immediately after they intruded into this side from across the border, Army officials said.

The officials said the questioning of the two revealed that they had lost their way and inadvertently crossed the LoC.

The Indian army established contact with their Pakistani counterparts and subsequently, the father-son pair was repatriated through Chakan Da Bagh border crossing.

Earlier in April, a Pakistani intruder was killed and two others were arrested after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along LoC in Poonch, PTI reported.

The Indian Army launched a search operation shortly after the incident and one of the intruders was nabbed in a wounded condition, and the third one was apprehended later.

The Army officials recovered three bags with fourteen packets of narcotics weighing around 17 kg, notes of Pakistan currency, some documents, and eatables.