"Pak Rangers resorted to Mortar shelling which was countered by BSF with appropriate response. Intermittent firing continued till 3 a.m.," said the BSF, which is mandated to guard the 3,323 km India-Pakistan border.
Border Security Force personnel said an 'explosion' on Thursday late evening, barely hours after the Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on the BSF troops on the International Border in the RS Pura sector.
World Sindhi Congress (WSC), a human rights organisation, has also called this act of law enforcers an act of “fascist and ethnic cleansing of Sindhi people.”
"On April 15, 2023, during afternoon hours, forward deployed BSF troops apprehended one Pakistan national ahead of border fence, while he crossed the International Border and entered into Indian territory, in the area falling near village - Raja Rai under Ferozepur district," stated the BSF
An atmosphere of patriotic zeal and fervour gripped the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab's Amritsar as the country commemorates the 74th Republic Day on Thursday.
Six to seven rounds were fired on Border Security Force (BSF) personnel by the Pak Rangers at the Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan, BSF informed on Friday night.
The Pak Rangers on Tuesday refused to accept the body of the unknown intruder who tried to enter the Indian territory on the previous day, sources inform.