150-metre-long tunnel ‘dug by Pakistan’ detected in Jammu and Kashmir: BSF

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday detected a 150 metre long and 30-metre deep tunnel in Jammu’s Pansar area, second in the region. This is the second tunnel detected in the past 10 days in the Hiranagar sector, fourth in the past six months along the international border in Samba and Kathua districts, and 10th in the Jammu region. 

NS Jamwal, BSF IG of Jammu Frontier, said, “Pakistan dug this tunnel from the zero-line.” He added, “The tunnel is almost 140-150 metres long on the Indian side, as we have assessed till now. The tunnel is 2-3 feet wide in diameter.”

Jamwal said, “We had received inputs from intelligence agencies for a while that there was the possible existence of a tunnel in the Pansar area. Our unit detected this under anti-tunneling campaign.”

The tunnel, detected under an ongoing tunnel drive, was found between Border Post (BP) numbers 14 and 15, according to news agency ANI. According to media reports, a BSF official said that the newly-found tunnel originates from Pakistan.

Earlier, a 150-metre-long tunnel was detected in Bobiyaan village in the same sector on January 13.

The Border Outposts (BOPs) on Pakistan’s side are Abhiyal Dogra and Kingre-De-Kotha, Sakargarh, reports ANI.