Border Security Force (BSF) said it foiled an armed infiltration bid near Ajnala along Pakistan border early on Wednesday. The BSF said two Pakistani infiltrators, suspected to be drug smugglers, were shot dead after they fired on BSF officials when asked to surrender.
"In the intervening night of 19-20 September 2017, vigilant BSF troops foiled an armed infiltration bid across International Boundary in Ajnala sector near Amritsar, Punjab.
When challenged by BSF troops, infiltrators fired on ambush line with automatic weapons .Taking cover, the fire was appropriately retaliated and infiltrators were neutralized near the fence," a BSF official said.
BSF said it recovered four packets of heroin weighing one kilo each, an AK-47 rifle, magazines, a 9 mm pistol, a Pakistani mobile phone, and Rs 20,000 in Pakistani currency on the infiltrators.