Samba, October 08: Amid ongoing series of attacks on civilians including Kashmiri Pandit, Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a major weapons smuggling bid by Pak-backed terrorists along the International Border (IB). The BSF also seized a big cache of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
"The BSF, Jammu today foiled a weapon smuggling attempt from across the International Border in Samba area and seized a big cache of arms and ammunition," BSF DIG S P S Sandhu said.
He further said the seizure by BSF troops included four pistols, eight pistol magazines, and 232 rounds of ammunition. The DIG said further details are expected to follow. There have been several incidents of weapons and narcotics smuggling attempts done by cross-border terrorists to drop weapons on this side of the border through drones over the past six months.
On September 27, BSF recovered four pistols, eight magazines, 100 rounds of ammunition, a packet of narcotics weighing about one kg along with fake Indian currency worth Rs 2,75,000, from the International Border in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district, officials said.
It should be noted that the fear has loomed over the Kashmir Valley after the seven civilians have been killed in Kashmir valley in the last ten days. Yesterday, two teachers were shot dead in a government school in Srinagar’s Eidgah area. Supinder Kaur, a resident of Alchi Bagh, Srinagar, and Deepak Chand, resident of Jaipur, Jammu were shot from point-blank range. Earlier, on Tuesday, three civilians were killed in Kashmir Valley. The Kashmiri Pandit M L Bindroo, the non-local vendor Virender Paswan and taxi driver Mohd Shafi were all shot in different incidents. These attacks have led to fear among the minority community, including pandits and Sikhs.
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