BSF DG visits forward border post in J-K's Samba amid anti-infiltration operations

Jammu, Jul 6 (PTI) Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) Praveen Kumar on Monday visited a forward area along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir to review the situation amid intensified anti-infiltration operations, officials said. The BSF chief was accompanied by senior officers, including Special Director General, Western Command, Satish S Khandare; and Inspector General of BSF, Jammu frontier, Shashank Anand, during his visit to Border Outpost Devendra in Ghagwal area this evening, the officials said. Though there was no statement from the BSF, sources said the high-level visit comes amid a massive anti-tunnelling operation being carried out by the BSF along the International Border in the Samba sector to detect and prevent any cross-border infiltration attempts through underground tunnels. The sources said the operations have been going on for the past week. Between 2011 and 2021, the BSF unearthed nearly a dozen cross-border tunnels along the International Border in the Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts on different occasions. PTI TAS KSS KSS