Samba: Security has been tightened in Jammu's Samba area after a small opening, suspected to be a tunnel, was found near the international border on Wednesday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) spokesperson said that a small opening was found in the general area near fencing in the Samba area, which is suspected to be a tunnel.
Jammu & Kashmir | Security forces deployed after a small opening, suspected to be a tunnel, was found in the general area near fencing in the Samba area, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/C0bDfc0lH3
— ANI (@ANI) May 5, 2022
The BSF is carrying out a detailed search in the area today.On April 22, two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists were neutralised in an encounter in the Sunjwan area of Jammu.
In BSF's border domination effort, we received success last evening, May 4, at around 5:30pm. In our tunnel-detection exercise, our team detected a tunnel. Upon search, an opening was found with green coloured sandbags used for shutting it: DK Boora, IG, BSF Jammu frontier pic.twitter.com/GL8eM5Kruu
— ANI (@ANI) May 5, 2022
It was established during an investigation that they were picked up by a mini truck from the Sopowal area of Samba and had infiltrated from somewhere there.
The BSF had launched a massive anti-tunnelling operation in the area at the time, and yesterday, a tunnel was detected by the BSF jawans at the international border in the Samba sector.
Two AK-47 rifles, arms and ammunition, satellite phones and some documents were recovered from them.
It seems like a freshly dug tunnel... As of now, the search is underway. Since 2012, around 11 tunnels have been found at this border. Sandbags are like they were before, what's new is that no markings have been found on them. Mostly Karachi's name was found earlier: DK Boora, IG pic.twitter.com/JayTAWQmx0
— ANI (@ANI) May 5, 2022
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh had said that the killed terrorists could be part of a "big conspiracy" to sabotage Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the union territory.
According to the police, the terrorists killed were planning a suicide attack in any area which has heavy security deployment. (ANI)
