The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday said it killed a female intruder and arrested a man on the International Border (IB) at two separate places in the Jammu region. The woman was identifed as Rashida Begum, a Pakistani national.
A Jammu-based BSF spokesman said that around 9 p.m. on Thursday, troops of the 33 Battalion spotted a person moving near the IB at Chag Phagwari in Pargwal sector of Akhnoor. “The alert troops challenged the person who tried to sneak this side. The troops fired five to six burst, resulting in the death of the intruder.”
The body of the woman, identified as Rashida Begam, was lying near the fence, the spokesman said. She was aged around 50. The BSF later contacted its counterpart and a meeting was held at Pargwal sector. “The body was handed over to the Pakistani Rangers on their request,” said the spokesman.
Another intruder was arrested in Kathua after he was “moving in the area suspiciously”, the BSF said.
Tributes paid to jawans
Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday paid rich tributes to the three soldiers killed in the Shopian ambush.
