Punjab Police on Sunday during a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying contraband drugs near the Valtoha Police Station in Taran Tarn district of Punjab, officials said.
"Hearty congratulations to all Border Security Force (BSF) jawans - who are dedicated to serving the mother India and our safety shield, on the foundation day of BSF," Haryana CM Lal said in a tweet on Thursday.
Amid increased drone challenge on the India-Pakistan border, the Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down a record 16 drones so far this year; and the force has adopted the anti-drone system and in-depth patrolling to tackle the issue having security threats.
The Border Security Force (BSF) at the International Border near Punjab's Amritsar shot down a drone entering from Pakistan to the Indian territory, it informed on Tuesday.
According to the BSF, the intruder, identified as Safdar Hussain, 39, hailing from Pakistan's Bahawalnagar district was shot below the waist after he defied caution by the sentry.
A Pakistani intruder was neutralised by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in RS Pura Sector in Jammu, said a senior BSF officer on Tuesday.
In a joint operation, Assam police and Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended one Bangladeshi national in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district along the Indo-Bangladesh border, police said on Sunday.
As many as five people, including three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, were held on Saturday for allegedly gang-raping a woman in Raisinghnagar town in Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan, said police.
The Additional Director General (ADG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday visited the International Border (IB) areas of the Jammu Frontier and reviewed the security situation there.
Both Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) also signed a Joint Records of Discussion after the conclusion of the conference in a cordial gesture earlier in the day in West Bengal's Kolkata.
The deployment will include over 150 companies each from Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and other CAPFs.