Border Security Force detects another tunnel along Indo-Pak border

New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday detected yet another underground tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.

A spokesperson of the border force said the tunnel was constructed by Pakistan along the International Border (IB) to facilitate infiltration of terrorists into the J&K region.

The tunnel was discovered during an anti-tunneling operation at the border outpost in Pansar area of Hiranagar sector.

In a press statement the BSF said, "On specific intelligence inputs BSF detects another tunnel in the area of Pansar, Jammu in the series of anti-tunnelling drive in the wee hours of Saturday. The tunnel has been detected between BP number 14 and 15 and it is approximately 150 metres long and 30 feet deep.

The statement further said that in June 2020 the BSF had shot down a Pakistani Hexacopter in the same area carrying load of weapons and ammunition.

The BSF troops had also foiled an infiltration bid in the same area in November 2019 wherein BSF troops had fired upon the party trying to infiltrate into India. Notably, during the past 10 days, two underground tunnels have been detected by BSF personnel in Hiranagar sector.

While this is the fourth along the Pakistan border in the Samba, Hiranagar and Kathua areas of Jammu and Kashmir in the past six months, it is the tenth tunnel in the past decade. The area has been cordoned off and further details are awaited.