BSF detects tunnel along India-Pakistan border in Jammu’s Samba

Written by Newsroom Staff January 13, 2021 15:46

New Delhi: The BSF have detected a tunnel at the international border in the Samba sector in Jammu foiling Pakistan’s designs for infiltration, officials said on Wednesday.

“Alert BSF troops detected a tunnel in the Samba Sector of Jammu; thwarting the nefarious designs of Pakistan,” BSF said.

The tunnel detected along IB in Hiranagar sector of Kathua is approx 150 mtrs long, proper engineering effort has gone into construction of this tunnel.This is a deliberate effort of Pak to push in terrorists into India. It seems that it hasn’t been used recently, said IG BSF NS Jamwal.

The tunnel detected along IB in Hiranagar sector of Kathua is approx 150 mtrs long, proper engineering effort has gone into construction of this tunnel.This is a deliberate effort of Pak to push in terrorists into India. It seems that it hasn’t been used recently:IG BSF NS Jamwal https://t.co/qhaTMoj1IQ pic.twitter.com/mvaeVhlmKb

— ANI (@ANI) January 13, 2021

On November 22, BSF had detected a similar trans-border tunnel in Samba sector that was used by four Jaish terrorists, who were eliminated at Ban toll plaza near Nagrota on November 19.