NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday detected another underground tunnel at International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, within ten days they had found the first one, said an official.
The secret tunnel is believed to be 150-metre-long originating from the Pakistan side with a depth of about 30 feet and three feet diameter, a BSF officer said.
It was detected during an anti-tunneling operation in the border outpost (BOP) Pansar area of Hiranagar sector, opposite Abhiyal-Dogra and Kingre-de-Kothe in Shakargarh, PTI quoted a spokesperson of the border guarding force as saying.
The official BSF further said that the force had shot down a Pakistani Hexacopter carrying a load of weapons and ammunition in June 2020 in the same area.
The troops had also foiled an infiltration bid in the same area in November 2019, and wherein BSF had fired upon the party trying to infiltrate into India.
Today's tunnel is the forth one in the last six months in Samba, Hiranagar, and Kathua area and tenth overall in Jammu Region.
On January 13, a 150-meter-long tunnel was detected in Bobiyaan village in the same sector.
Meanwhile, the whole area has been cordoned off, and further details are awaited.
(with inputs from agencies)