Pak 'fires' twice in a day
BSF constable killed, another injured
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, July 22
Violating the four-year-old ceasefire yet again, the Pakistani troops allegedly fired twice in a day at a forward Indian post of Doba in Sawjian area in Poonch injuring two BSF soldiers last evening. Out of the two, BSF head constable Bhanwar Singh died this morning.

According to intelligence sources, firing took place on Monday morning and evening and both the times, the Pakistani troops tried to give cover to militants, who made attempts to infiltrate into India through the Doba post manned by the 192 Battalion of the BSF.

In the morning firing, though BSF soldier Ganga Dhar suffered injuries, the intelligence sources claimed that the BSF foiled the infiltration bid.

In the evening incident, Bhanwar Singh, belonging to Rajasthan, suffered serious injuries. "The head constable was immediately shifted to the Army hospital in Poonch in critical condition where he died in the wee hours. His body is being flown to his village in Rajasthan," intelligence sources said.

Even as the security officials claimed that the troops had foiled the infiltration attempt at Doba post in the evening, intelligence sources claimed that two militants managed to infiltrate into the Indian side.

Immediately after the firing, security forces launched a search operation in the area to nab the militants, who managed to sneak, the sources added. The Army sources claimed that the Army troops posted in the area during a search operation today apprehended Pakistani-trained militant Shamas-ud-Din of Nowgam from near a forward post of Jabri, about a kilometer from the Doba post from where two militants had allegedly infiltrated into the Indian territory.

Troops had shifted the militant to respective unit headquarters for further questioning.