BSF detects 14-feet-long tunnel in J-K's Arnia, thwarts Pakistan's infiltration designs

The BSF has detected a 14-feet-long tunnel on the international border in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir and said that the move foiled Pakistan's design to infiltrate terrorists through the same.

Ashwini Kumar  | Posted by Ankit Misra
New Delhi, September 30, 2017 | UPDATED 16:53 IST
Picture for representational purpose only.Picture for representational purpose only.

Highlights

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    The tunnel was found in the forest area of Damala nalah in Arnia sector.
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    Some terrorists or construction workers were inside the tunnel.
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    It is in Arnia where heavy shelling, firing by Pakistan took place recently.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has detected a 14-feet-long tunnel on the international border in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir. BSF said that the move had foiled and exposed Pakistan's design to infiltrate terrorists through the tunnel.

The tunnel was found in the forest area of Damala nalah in Arnia sector.

According to BSF sources, some terrorists or construction workers were inside the tunnel. When the BSF jawans fired on them, they escaped under the cover of darkness.

Sources say that this is the same Arnia area where heavy shelling and firing by Pakistan took place recently. Pakistan Army is believed to be giving covering fire to help terrorists and other workers engaged in tunnel construction to sneak into Indian territory.

On the first anniversary of Indian Army's surgical strikes on terrorist camps in PoK yesterday,  former Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag had hailed the operation, calling it the first to have political clearance and went on to say that it had achieved the desired result.

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