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BSF) on Saturday detected a
second
underground
tunnel constructed by Pakistan
in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Kathua district to facilitate the infiltration of terrorists, a spokesperson of the border guarding force said.
This is the
second such structure found
in
10
days.
The secret
tunnel was detected during an anti-tunnelling operation
in the border outpost (BOP) Pansar area of Hiranagar sector, opposite Abhiyal-Dogra and Kingre-de-Kothe
in Shakargarh, the spokesperson said.
This is the
second
underground
tunnel detected by
BSF personnel
in Hiranagar sector during the past
10
days, fourth
in the past six months along the International Border (
IB)
in Samba and
Kathua districts and 10th
in the past decade.
On January 13, a 150-metre-long
tunnel was detected
in Bobiyaan village
in the same sector.
The spokesperson said the latest
tunnel was unearthed on a specific intelligence input
in the early hours of the day during the anti-tunnelling drive.
“The
tunnel is about 150 metres long and 30 feet deep with about three feet diameter,” he said, adding that the
BSF had shot down a Pakistani Hexacopter carrying loads of weapons and ammunition
in June 2020
in the same area besides foiling an infiltration bid by terrorists
in November 2019.
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