Pak emergency: BSF put on alert on border

“We have instructed our personnel deployed along the western border to be on alert keeping in view the developments in Pakistan,” BSF Director General A K Mitra said.

Not ruling out chances of jehadi elements trying to sneak into the country in the wake of the new developments in Pakistan, he said the troops are fully prepared to thwart any attempts by anyone to take advantage of the situation.

Ruling out deployment of extra personnel to man the Indo-Pak border, Mitra said “the existing personnel are well equipped to handle any situation. But we are not leaving any stone unturned.”

He said sensitisation among the border force personnel was done as part of the standard operational procedure which is to be adopted at the time of any situation like declaration of emergency in neighbouring countries.

Pakistan President Pervez Misharraf imposed emergency in that country last evening and sacked the Supreme Court Chief Justice citing “constant” judicial interference and rising militant violence.