Pakistani intruder shot dead by BSF along border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur
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PTI Mar 27, 2017 09:36 AM IST
BSF officials said the suspected intruder was challenged repeatedly but allegedly the person did not pay heed to it and hence was shot.
The Border Security Force shot a suspected Pakistani intruder along the international border in Punjab on Monday morning.
Officials said the incident was reported at 6:20am when on-duty BSF personnel spotted some movement ahead of the fence at the IB near the Paharipur border post in Gurdaspur sector.
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They said the suspected intruder was challenged repeatedly but allegedly the person did not pay heed to it and hence was shot.
The area has been cordoned off and a search was launched to retrieve the body and look for other possible suspects in the area, officials added.
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