Jammu: Barely a day after Union home minister Rajnath Singh launched India’s smart fence along the international border with Pakistan, a BSF jawan was martyred in sniper fire by Pakistan Rangers in Jammu region’s Samba district.
Barely a day after Union home minister Rajnath Singh launched India’s smart fence along the international border with Pakistan, a BSF jawan was killed in sniper fire by Pakistan Rangers in Jammu region’s Samba district.
The Rangers breached the 2003 truce on the international border when some BSF personnel were clearing bushes on the Indian side.
“Our troops immediately retaliated to Pakistan firing but one BSF jawan, believed to have been hit in the firing, went missing for nearly 9 hours,” said the official.
The martyred jawan was Head Constable Narinder Singh of BSF’s 176 Battalion.
“The area on Pakistan side has a protective bundh (embankment) close to the International Border. Areas on our side is undulated, marshy and having thick sarkanda (wild grass) growth. It made the immediate locating of the felled jawan difficult,” the BSF said in a late evening statement.