BSF apprehends 5 alleged drug peddlers near Fatehpur border

PK Jaiswar
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, March 14

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The Border Security Force apprehended five alleged Indian drug peddlers, after a shoot out in which one of them was injured, near the Fatehpur border outpost late on Saturday.

Those arrested were identified as Vikramjeet Singh and Vijay Singh, Sarabjit Singh and Gopi, all residents of Kakkar village and Navjot Singh of Dug Dogar village.

Sarabjit Singh was injured after BSF jawans opened fire. According to BSF, they observed suspicious movements on the Indian side of the barbed fence and challenged the suspects. However, they tried to flee away following which they BSF jawans fired at them.

The BSF had launched a search operation near the Indo-Pak border which was still going on.