The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel shot dead an intruder along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Ganganagar district late Tuesday, police said. Jitendra Kumar, Station House Officer of Kesrisinghpur police station, said that the person was trying to enter illegally through the wired fence on the border when he was spotted by the BSF personnel. “They asked him to go away but when he persisted, he was shot dead by the BSF personnel,” the SHO said. The incident occurred around midnight near 1X village on the border. The SHO said that an identity card, some Pakistani currency and cigarettes, among other things, have been found on the person. “We have lodged an FIR for trespass, and under the Passports Act, the Foreigners Act, etc. The case is being investigated,” he said, adding that the deceased’s postmortem is being done. In August, an intruder identified as Jagsi Kohli had entered about 15 km inside the Indian border in Barmer before being apprehended by the BSF. Locals had alerted the agencies after the person inquired about how to go to Tharparkar, a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Before that, in March, another person had tried to enter India through the fence in Ganganagar but was shot dead by the BSF personnel. In the last few years, similar attempts have taken place in October 2022 and two separate cases in March 2021. All three were shot dead by the BSF personnel.
