An unidentified Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the alert jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in Ramgarh sub sector of Samba on Tuesday.

It is for the first time an intruder has been shot dead across Jammu frontier after the neighboring countries India and Pakistan decided to observe the agreements and ceasefire along the LoC and the International Border from the midnight of February 24/25.

In a written statement a BSF spokesman in Jammu said, " on 16th Mar 2021 at about 3.55 p.m , BSF troops observed suspicious movement of an intruder aggressively moving towards wild 'sarkanda' growth (elephantine grass) while approaching fence from direction of Pak Village Lehri Kalan side & crossing the IB into Indian territory between BP No 12/5 and 12/6".

The BSF spokesman said, "the intruder attempted to negotiate & exploit the Basantar river gap. BSF troops tracked & challenged him but the intruder tried to escape into Pak territory upon which he was fired upon. Dead body of intruder was recovered upon search of area and handed over to PS Ramgarh".

Basantar River has been a traditional route of exploitation for infiltration & Lehri Kalan has been old launching pad of terrorists.

This is the third killing of Pak intruder in a recent times.

BSF jawans recovered some Pak currency from the possession of an intruder before shifting his dead body to a mortuary of a nearby district hospital.Meanwhile, repeated recoveries of a dummy plane shaped balloon with PIA written over it has also created flutter here in the security establishment. 

The security personnel and jawans deployed along the International grid have been put in a state of high alert following repeated recoveries of these dummy plane shaped balloons . In the recent days two incidents have come to light across Jammu region.

The first such dummy plane balloon was recovered on March 10 in the Hiranagar sector and the second one  was recovered on Tuesday from Bhalwal area of Jammu.