Pakistan troops slit BSF jawan’s throat, India lodges complaint

The officials said a “high alert” has been issued to all formations along the 192-km long International Border(IB) and the 740-km Line of Control (LoC), which is manned by the army. The brutal incident in Ramgarh sector on Tuesday was reminiscent of similar attacks in the past against Indian security forces along the LoC.

The missing BSF jawan was identified as head constable Narender Singh. The BSF had earlier said the name of the victim was Narender Kumar.

The incident came a day after Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the maiden “smart fence” project of the BSF in Jammu on Monday that aims to deploy smart technology and gadgets to secure the vulnerable patches on the Indo-Pak border.

In a statement, the BSF said the incident happened after the Pakistani side resorted to unprovoked firing on a BSF party at Ramgarh sector which went ahead of the border fence to cut the tall elephant grass (Sarkanda).tent leaving enough space for the playground. India has lodged a protest with Pakistan over the killing during the Directorate of Military Operations-level talks, Army sources said.

Meanwhile, a BSF constable has been arrested on charges of spying for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan after being ‘honey-trapped’ through social media, the Uttar Pradesh police said on Wednesday.