NEW DELHI – Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has launched “OperationAlert” along the over 200-kilometer-long International Border (IB) in Jammuand Kashmir to curb the increasing movement of infiltrating militants fromacross the border.
“There are inputs that there is movement of militants and accordingly, wehave declared ‘Ops Alert’ on the border,” Inspector General of BSF JammuFrontier, Ram Awatar told reporters here on Thursday.The BSF gave a military send off by organising Wreath-laying ceremony atFrontier headquarters here in the honour of the late Head Constable RadhaPada Hazara, who was killed by firing along the IB in Samba sectoryesterday.
J&K DGP Dr S P Vaid, IGP Jammu Zone and Dr S D Singh attended the ceremonyalong with the IG BSF Jammu Ram Awtar and other senior officers and Jawansof BSF.
“It is because of that alertness, that they have acted like that (resortingto sniper firing). The moral of the BSF is high and will continue to remainhigh,” the IG said.
He said the effort of the BSF was to maintain peace along the border.
“It is because of this machination of Pakistan that they yesterday martyredone jawan by sniping,” he said.
Giving details of Wednesday incident, the IG said “this jawan wasperforming duty at a forward post and there were four to five rounds offire from Pakistan and one of them hit him”.
“It was followed by automatic weapon fire. After getting intimation theneighbouring mounts retaliated back and solid response was given by the BSF.