BSF shoots Pak intruder

Our Correspondent

Abohar, March 6

The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down a Pakistan intruder along the International Border in the Sriganganagar-Anoopgarh sector on Friday night.

Sources said efforts were on to hand over the body of the suspect to the Pakistan authorities. The Pakistan Rangers agreed to a flag meeting with the BSF late in the evening but the outcome was awaited.

Plum pieces, orange peel, empty yolk and a Rs 10 (Pakistan currency) were found on the 35-year-old suspect, who seemed mentally unstable.

The sources said around 7.30 pm yesterday, the suspect was spotted around 500 metres from the Kailash outpost. He entered the Indian territory illegally. Two BSF personnel stationed near pillar No. 368/1 confronted the suspect, but he did not respond, prompting the troops to fire seven rounds.

The body was later found 700 metres inside the Indian territory from the border. Senior BSF officers reached the outpost soon after the incident.

After midnight, the body was shifted to the Government Hospital at Anoopgarh. A post-mortem was conducted on Saturday. Based on a report by the Deputy Commandant of BSF battalion, a case of infiltration had been registered. Anoopgarh police station in charge Surinder Punia said the body had been kept at the mortuary and BSF officials were trying to hand over it to the Pakistan Rangers.