The Border Security Force (BSF) handed over two Pakistani nationals to Pak Rangers who inadvertently crossed over near Punjab's Gurdaspur on Tuesday on humanitarian grounds and as a goodwill gesture.
The Border Security Force troops in collaboration with Punjab Police apprehended three drug smugglers on Tuesday and recovered two packets of heroin weighing 260 grams and 255 grams in Punjab's Tarn Taran district, said BSF in a statement.
"ASI Mahendra Singh (55) years old, a BSF soldier, resident of Uttarakhand's Garwal posted at STC Sakugara under 195 battalion, was declared dead after suffering from chest pain while he was on election duty at a booth in Birbhum district," the security forces said.
Two China-made drones and around 560 grams of suspected heroin were seized near the border areas in Punjab's Amritsar on Monday, the Border Security Force (BSF) said.
The Border Security Force handed over a Pakistani national who inadvertently crossed over the India-Pakistan border near Punjab's Amritsar, to the Pakistan Rangers, the BSF said on Saturday.
Miller noted that Indian and Bangladeshi border security agencies are in communication and he would defer to them to speak about their respective investigations into the circumstances of the shooting.
The troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a packet of suspected heroin from Punjab's Fazilka district on the intervening night of Thursday.
Border Security Force (BSF) Meghalaya foiled smuggling attempts and seized cattle, sugar and cosmetic items along the Indo-Bangladesh border, the press release from BSF Meghalaya stated on Wednesday.