Gurdaspur: Three Pakistani intruders shot dead by BSF near Indo-Pak border

Three Pakistani intruders were shot dead by the BSF following an encounter in Darya Mansoor area along the Indo-Pak border on 12 July.

A BSF official said that a night patrol party of the force spotted three Pakistani intruders entering Indian territory and asked them to surrender. However, they ignored the warning and kept on marching towards the BSF patrol party and opened fire. In the ensuing encounter, three Pakistani intruders were killed, the official said.

The official also said that the two of the intruders managed to flee back towards the Pakistani side, the official said.

The encounter took place in Darya Mansoor area, around 15 kilometres from the border village of Ajnala in Amritsar district.

The intruders, who are in their twenties, are yet to be identified. After the encounter, BSF recovered three Pakistani mobiles and Indian currency from the spot.

Inspector General of BSF from Jalandhar along with senior officials was rushing to the encounter site to take stock of the situation.

--PTI