New Delhi: Indian security forces in a recent operation went almost 200 metres inside Pakistan’s side to unearth a tunnel which was used by terrorists (killed in Nagrota Encounter) to infiltrate inside Indian territory, a top government official said.
The 150-metre long underground tunnel, suspected to be used by the terrorists for infiltration from Pakistan was detected by the BSF at the International Border in Samba district on November 22. In the third week of November, security forces recovered mobile phones from the possession of terrorists, killed by them which helped the forces to unearth a tunnel.
Rakesh Asthana said this on the Raising Day of BSF while giving a speech. Though the DG BSF didn’t say anything on the operational part of it. The tunnel was detected in a joint operation by Border Security Force (BSF) and Jammu and Kashmir police.The tunnel was traced by a team of seven BSF personnel led by 48 BSF Deepak Rana, who conducted the search between 5.40 am to 7.50 am.
“It seems terrorists involved in Nagrota encounter used this tunnel. We believe they had a guide who took them till highway,” BSF Jammu frontier, Inspector General, NS Jamwal had said.
At the same time, it is also reported that the security forces were crawling for about 150 feet in the tunnel used by Jaish terrorists where they found the biscuits and other food items along with their packets. The packet bore the name of the Lahore-based company “Master Cuisine Cupcake”. In addition, the manufacturing date mentioned on the packet was May 2020 and the expiry date was November 17, 2020.