Pakistan intruder shot dead

Ferozepur : An unidentified Pakistan national, who attempted to enter India, was shot dead by alert jawans of the BSF in the Shame Ke border observation post (BOP) area late last evening. Official sources said the unidentified Pakistan national, who appeared to be around in his mid twenties, was shot dead while he was trying to cross over to the Indian territory by climbing over the cobra fencing wire erected in the area located close to Indo-Pak border zero line. The spot, where the incident took place, was located close to the gate No 186 of the cobra fencing. Sources said jawans of the BSF, who were manning the security, first asked the intruder to halt while he (intruder) was running towards the Indian side.

Instead of listening to the warning given by the jawans, the intruder continued to run towards the cobra fencing. The intruder was shot dead when he refused to listen to the warning given by the jawans and tried to enter India’s land forcibly. A few Pakistani currency notes worth Rs 50 and some clothes were recovered from his possession. After the intruder was shot dead, his body was shifted to the local civil hospital for autopsy. Police sources said the body had been taken by BSF officials to handover the same to the Pakistan Rangers. If the body was not accepted by the Pakistan Rangers, then the police would carry out the last rites of the same as per its religious traditions. A case had been registered in this connection under different sections of the Indian Passport Act and the Foreigners Act on the complaint lodged by the BSF authorities.