Pak Man Trying to Cross Border in J&K Electrocuted, Arrested

The Border Security Forces (BSF) arrested a Pakistani man who was trying to cross the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector on Friday Abdul Kayum, who claims to be a resident of Pul Bhagawa in Pakistan’s Punjab province, was arrested in the wee hours in the Pargwal area. Kayum got electrocuted while trying to cross the fence and fell down after becoming unconscious. “We arrested the intruder as soon as he reached near the fence in Akhnoor area. He was unarmed,” a BSF officer told IANS on condition of anonymity. A mobile phone along with two SIM cards were recovered from Kayum, sources told The Quint The officer said “that this kind of incident generally happens on the IB and we take them seriously every time.” This incident comes in the wake of the September 18 cross-border terror attack on an army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir that left 18 soldiers dead and many more injured. Four terrorist were also gunned down in the attack. The officer said a combing operation had begun along the Line of Control (LoC) near Keran village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday morning after noticing some suspicious movement which also forced them to resort to firing. The army said on Thursday that it had foiled two infiltration bids on the LoC.   Source: The Quint