Chandigarh, Aug 14 (IANS): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday shot dead a Pakistani intruder close to the International Border in Punjab's Pathankot sector.
At about 12.30 a.m. BSF troops observed suspicious movement of a Pakistani intruder ahead of the border fence near Simbal Sakol village in Pathankot district, a BSF statement said.
The infiltrator was repeatedly challenged and subsequently neutralized in self-defence to prevent imminent danger, it added.
On August 11, the BSF had shot dead a Pakistani intruder in the Tarn Taran sector while he was trying to cross the border.