Samba attack: Infiltration might have happened through tunnel in Chamliyal, says BSF DG Sharma

Briefing the media on the Samba incident on Wednesday, BSF DG KK Sharma said that infiltration could have happened through a small tunnel in Chamliyal.

He added that as of now there was no technology to detect the tunnel and that the government was working towards border fencing.

[caption id=“attachment_3132086” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Security personnel on the vigil following the militant attack on Nagrota Army camp, near Jammu on Wednesday. PTI[/caption] Security forces killed three militants on Tuesday morning when a group of militants tried to sneak in from Pakistan through the International Border near a border outpost in Samba district of Jammu . The three militants were then killed after a “heavy firing exchange” with the Border Security Force (BSF). The firing took place when the BSF noticed some suspicious movement in the general area of the Border Outpost Chamliyal in Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The area was immediately cordoned off. When challenged, BSF patrol was fired upon by miscreants holed up in a tube well pumphouse, reported ANI. Sharma said that they will take up the infiltration issue with Pakistan.

Sharma also mentioned that since the 29 September surgical strikes that took place across the Line of Control, more than 15 Pakistani Rangers have been killed and more than 10 militants neutralised, along with many Pakistan border outposts destroyed.

He added that the BSF started an operation known as Operation Rustom, as they “anticipated that problems won’t be confined to LoC and will affect the IB too”.

Apparently, a 45-minute yoga session headed by Baba Ramdev has helped in getting down the “average weight of Jawans”, Sharma mentioned.