Chandigarh May 15 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers shot dead an intruder from Pakistan early on Monday in Punjab s frontier district of Gurdaspur a BSF official said.
The intruder a woman was shot dead near pillar 15/3 of the Barial border out post (BoP) the Border Security Force official added.
He said that the incident took place around 3 a.m. when the troopers noticed movement inside the Indian territory.
The intruder kept moving towards the border fence and did not stop despite warnings the official added.
Security along the 553-km long International Border (IB) between the two countries in Punjab is always on high alert.
--IANS
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Pakistani woman intruder shot dead in Punjab (Lead)
