BSF hands over 3-year-old child to Pakistan who accidentally reached border
India | July 02, 2022 14:04 ISTThe said child was unable to reveal anything and was kept under safe custody of BSF, the statement of BSF read.
The said child was unable to reveal anything and was kept under safe custody of BSF, the statement of BSF read.
The incident was reported at nearly 4:15 am today. The BSF troops fired at the drone following which it was forced to return.
Four bags of Gelatin sticks were also recovered from a rocky crevice near village Tekguda and Dulagandi, under police station Kalimela of Malkangiri.
Drone activity from Pakistan has increased after the BSF detected an underground cross-border tunnel in the Chak Faquira area of Samba district on May 4.
The reason of death is yet to be ascertained, said Kanker SP Shalabh Sinha.
The Central government had last year amended the BSF Act to authorise the border guarding force to undertake search, seizure and arrest within a 50 km stretch.
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Commenting on the statement, a BSF spokesperson said the quadcopter was detected around 3 am after troops heard a humming sound.
The incident was reported from Khasa in Punjab's Amritsar. A court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the facts.
Bhuwan Chandra Joshi, who joined the BSF on October 5, 1987, has rendered service in militancy-hit areas, deployed mainly in CI (OPS).
The force said the firing was done on the intervening night of January 2-3 and that the search operation is underway.
The incident took place about 200 metres inside the Indian territory at around 1:40 am near border post Nawada in Malda district of the state.
While in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam, the BSF jurisdiction was enhanced from 15 km to 50 km, in Gujarat, which shares its borders with Pakistan, the limit was reduced from 80 km to 50 km, while in Rajasthan, it was kept unchanged at 50 km.
He will proceed to Jaipur later in the day to address the BJP state working committee meeting.
According to the BSF Punjab Frontier, the Pakistani national had crossed the international border and was detained by the BSF troops on Friday (Nov 26).
The Centre had last month amended the BSF Act to authorise the border guarding force to undertake search, seizure and arrest within a 50 km stretch, up from the existing 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
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