A Pakistani women intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the early hours on Monday in Gurdaspur.
The incident took place at around 3 a.m. in Bariyala of the Gurdaspur sector, when the BSF personnel spotted a suspicious movement along the Indo-Pak border.
“The woman, aged nearly 60 years was challenged and asked to stop, but when she continued to march towards the Indian territory, she was shot at resulting in her death,” a senior BSF official told, The Hindu.
The official said the women had covered her face, at the time she was shot dead and the BSF personnel didn't know it was a woman. BSF has contacted their counterparts in Pakistan and search operations in the area was underway, the official added.
