Pakistan spy held amid mortar fire

“There has been heavy firing and mortar shelling along the international border (IB) in RS Pura belt during the night,” Inspector General of BSF, DK Uphadayaya said on Saturday. 

The fresh firing and shelling comes after Pakistani Rangers violated the ceasefire six times on Friday. Seven Pakistani Rangers and a terrorist were killed and three others seriously injured in retaliatory firing by BSF troops along the international border. “We have asked the authorities to ensure safety of the people as firing and shelling exchanges have increased. We do not want civilians to suffer,” the Uphandayaya said. 

He said Pakistani Rangers tried to snipe at a jawan on an observation tower but he jumped from it. The jawan injured his feet in the process. “Apart from firing, Pakistani Rangers fired 60 and 81 mm mortar bomb shells intermittently from 11 pm and it continued till early on Saturday morning in Bidipur and Karotana in Suchetgarh sub-sector”, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Simrandeep Singh said. 

Meanwhile, a Pakistani spy was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district for passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan. Two Pakistani SIM cards and a map showing deployment of security forces was recovered from his possession.

“Based on information received from Military Intelligence on involvement of one Bodh Raj of village Changiia of Jammu district for his espionage activities and passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security forces and Army to Pakistan, a special search operation was launched in Ramgarh sector of Samba,” SSP, Samba, Joginder Singh said. 

During the search operation, Raj was found roaming in suspicious circumstances in Jerda village close to the International Border (IB) and tried to escape on observing the movement of the police party, the SSP said. “Police chased him and later he was arrested,” he said.