BSF unearths cross-border tunnel originating from Pakistan in J&K’s Samba district

The 150-metre-long tunnel was found near the Chak Faquira border outpost.

D K Boora, the IG of BSF Jammu, while lauding the force’s efforts, said: “This is the fifth tunnel that has been detected in less than one-and-a-half years. This shows the strategy of the Pakistan establishment to create trouble in India.”

On Wednesday evening, the BSF had found the “small opening” which they suspect was used by the two Pakistani militants who were killed in Jammu’s Sunjwan area on April 22 morning during an encounter. They were reportedly received up by Jaish-e-Mohammad’s members from the Supowal area of Samba district, sources said. The two people who had provided shelter to the militants in Sunjwan area and were in touch with JeM operatives in Pakistan have been apprehended by the police.

A CISF ASI was killed and a few CISF and J&K Police personnel were injured during the encounter there. The slain militants had reportedly infiltrated with a mission to launch an attack in Jammu. Both the militants were wearing suicide vests and, according to the police, if they had been able to launch a successful attack, it would have had implications on the Prime Minister’s visit to Palli village in Samba district on April 24.