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Three infiltration bids foiled, says BSF

Three infiltration bids foiled, says BSF

Three infiltration bids foiled, says BSF

Three infiltration bids by heavily armed terrorists aided by cover fire by Pakistani troops were foiled along the International Border IB at Hiranagar sector of Jammu and Kashmir the Border Security Force BSF said on Monday.

There were six infiltration bids in the past 12 days along the IB in Jammu frontier it said adding Pakistan was relentlessly trying to push heavily armed militants into India with nefarious intention of disturbing peace and causing casualties of security forces in the hinterland.

quot;There were three attempts of infiltration by groups of terrorists which have been successfully foiled by the alert BSF troops in the face of danger to their livesquot; BSF DIG Dharmendra Pareek said in Jammu.

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He said the attempts were made on Saturday and Sunday under the cover of heavy cross-border firing and shelling by Pakistani Rangers in Hiranagar sector of Kathua.

Giving details he said in the wee hours of October 29 a group of three heavily armed terrorists attempted to sneak in from Hiranagar sector while Pakistan Rangers provided covering fire to them. However alert BSF troops forced them to retreat by effective fire he said.nbsp;

quot;On October 30 around midnight again a heavily-armed group of three terrorists was detected by alert troops across the IB in another area of Hiranagar sector and they reached the vicinity of International Border taking advantage of dead ground. They were kept under close watchrdquo; Pareek added.nbsp;

He said the BSF troops kept the area under close watch during the whole day on Sunday and while whole the country was celebrating Diwali the alert BSF troops spotted a group of terrorists in the evening close to the IB.

quot;They remained hidden during the day for infiltration. The BSF troops on duty maintaining high alert round-the-clock on the International Border being well aware of ill intentions of Pakistan particularly in view of Diwali festival opened fire to neutralize themquot; the DIG said.nbsp;

He said that on being exposed the terrorists targeted BSF troops on duty by resorting to heavy firing but were forced to retreat by effective fire.nbsp;

quot;Once they were targeted heavily by BSF with accurate fire the Pakistan Rangers came to their rescue and provided covering fire support to the militants for their safe withdrawal towards Pakistani villagesquot; Pareek said.nbsp;

quot;The terrorists were seen moving half-bending crawling and running to save their life towards Pakistan village of Abhiyal Dograquot; the DIG added.

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