BSF razed 70 Pak posts, 3 terror launch pads during Op Sindoor

The Border Security Force on Tuesday said it destroyed over 70 Pakistani posts and three terrorist launch pads in retaliation to unprovoked firing and shelling by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border in the Jammu frontier during Operation Sindoor.

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Shashank Anand, Inspector General, BSF, said infiltration attempts by 40-50 terrorists were thwarted with pre-emptive strikes during the conflict. “When India launched Operation Sindoor, it was expected that Pakistan will retaliate. They opened unprovoked fire and we retaliated effectively, damaging their over 70 border outposts and three terror launch pads. Our pre-emptive strikes inflicted heavy losses on the enemy troops, forcing them to retreat. Their soldiers and terrorists suffered casualties,” he said.

Women personnel get pat fpr engaging enemy

BSF IG praised women personnel for their courage, specifically mentioning Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari. “Our women troops had the option to relocate to battalion headquarters, but they chose to remain at forward posts. Assistant Commandant Neha and women constables engaged enemy fire with bravery.”

Addressing the media here, the IG said intelligence agencies had been receiving inputs that Pakistan was planning to facilitate the infiltration of terrorists, for which the Rangers were targeting Indian outposts.

Anand said Operation Sindoor was still on as Pakistan could not be trusted. “The BSF will not let its guard down as there are apprehensions of more infiltration attempts. We are maintaining the highest-possible vigil,” the IG said. “We are also in the process of naming a post in the Samba sector as “Sindoor” and two others after martyrs.” He said terror launch pads had been destroyed with targeted strikes in Akhnoor, Samba and RS Pura sectors of the Jammu frontier. “On May 9-10, Pakistan opened unprovoked fire in the Akhnoor sector, targeting BSF posts. In response, we hit the Loni launch pad linked to the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and caused significant damage,” said Anand. He said Pakistan used low-flying drones to drop payloads on BSF posts, resulting in three casualties.

Chiter Pal, DIG, BSF, said Pakistan started firing on the Indian posts on May 9. He said a key terror launch pad run by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence near the Sunderbani sector was destroyed. “There is no movement seen from that area now,” he said.