international border

The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab police recovered a fully wrapped packet with an AK-47 rifle near the International Border. The rifle is suspected to have come from Pakistan, and was found at a farm of a local farmer in Ferozepur. The packet contained “A1” written on it, indicating that other such supplies might exist. With this, the BSF is on a watch in the aforementioned area.

In Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, across the International Border (IB), Border Security Force (BSF) troops shot a Pakistani intruder, informed officials on August 25. According to the BSF spokesperson, the intruder was trying to smuggle drugs into the border. Reportedly, the intruder suffered bullet wound, and managed to flee the spot. The officials found blood stains on the spot he was shot. 

Across the International Border (IB), a 21-year-old Pakistani national was arrested, confirmed the security official on May 22. Identified as Saber Nawaz, the Pakistani national was arrested when he intruded into the Indian territory and crossed into Akhnoor sector in the outskirts of Jammu. They said Nawaz was challenged and subsequently taken into custody, and was handed over to Khour Police station for further investigation.

The BSF troops in Meghalaya seized illegal liquor bottles from the international border of West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills, on April 17. The BSF troops seized nearly 1,200 liquor bottles, being smuggled illegally, confirmed Meghalaya Frontier BSF Headquarters. Notably, the BSF in Meghalaya is alert over the illegal smuggling and deployed additional force and manpower, to work towards a smuggle-free state and ensuring national security.… read-more

The case of Chinese national Han Junwei, who was caught while crossing the international Indo-Bangladesh border, is likely to be investigated by the Special Task Force. A laptop, two iPhones, a Bangladeshi SIM, two pen drives, ATM cards, US dollars, Bangladeshi, Indian currency and a Valid passport have been recovered from his possession. However, the passwords to his phones and laptops are not able to be cracked so far.