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Home / News / India News / 20 meter tunnel detected along Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu
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    20 meter tunnel detected along Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu

    Siddhant Pandey
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    Siddhant Pandey
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    Last updated on Aug 29, 2020, 07:32 pm
    20 meter tunnel detected along Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu
  • A trans-border tunnel has been detected underneath the Indo-Pakistan fence in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba region, Border Security Force (BSF) officials confirmed on Saturday.

    The BSF has now launched a search operation to see if there are other hidden structures in the area.

    The force has said that it suspects the Pakistan establishment's hand to infiltrate terrorists into Indian territory.

  • In this article
    Tunnel is 20 meters long, 3-4 feet wide Sandbangs with 'Pakistani markings' covered tunnel's mouth Tunnel found after troops noticed sunken earth in places BSF DG asks troops to ensure no gaps along border BSF on alert amid reports of terrorists attempting to infiltrate 'Pakistan is surely involved; has knowledge of tunnel'
  • Tunnel

    Tunnel is 20 meters long, 3-4 feet wide

  • According to PTI, officials said that the tunnel is under construction and about 20 feet long. The tunnel is about three-four feet wide.

    It lies about 50 meters from the border fence on the Indian side in the Galar area of Samba.

    Officials said the nearest Pakistani border post from the tunnel was the Gulzar post about 700 meters away.

  • Tunnel

    Sandbangs with 'Pakistani markings' covered tunnel's mouth

    Sandbangs with 'Pakistani markings' covered tunnel's mouth
  • Officials said the mouth of the tunnel was stuffed with around 10 green-colored sandbags that had markings of "Karachi and Shakargarh" factories on them.

    They said the manufacturing and expiry dates mentioned on the sandbags indicated that they had been manufactured recently.

    "The dates mentioned on the sandbags suggest that the tunnel has been freshly dug," Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal told reporters.

  • Detection

    Tunnel found after troops noticed sunken earth in places

  • The hidden structure was detected during a BSF patrol. A senior official said that patrolling troops became suspicious after noticing the earth sinking in some places in a farmer's field in the region amid incessant rains.

    After an earth-moving machine was pressed into service, it was found that the tunnel is 170 meters from the International Border (IB) on the Indian side.

  • Action

    BSF DG asks troops to ensure no gaps along border

    BSF DG asks troops to ensure no gaps along border
  • BSF Director-General Rakesh Asthana has asked frontier commanders to ensure that the anti-infiltration grid is intact and that there are no gaps along the border.

    The BSF's Jammu frontier said in a statement, "With this detection, alert BSF troops foiled the nefarious design of Pakistan to infiltrate terrorists into Indian territory. The tunnel's origin is in Pakistan territory close to IB."

  • Information

    BSF on alert amid reports of terrorists attempting to infiltrate

  • The BSF has been conducting an "anti-tunnel drive" in Jammu's IB areas. Five armed infiltrators had recently been killed along this border in Punjab. The BSF has been extra cautious since there have been multiple intelligence reports of terrorists trying to breach the IB.

  • Investigation

    'Pakistan is surely involved; has knowledge of tunnel'

    'Pakistan is surely involved; has knowledge of tunnel'
  • BSF's Jammu frontier said that there have been "regular inputs about the presence of terrorists in Pak border villages desperately looking for infiltration into Indian territory but vigilant BSF troops foiled desperate attempts of anti-national elements to infiltrate and carry out terrorist actions in India."

    The force said that the Pakistan establishment "surely has a hand and has knowledge of (the tunnel)."

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