Pak intruder detained near Amritsar border
AMRITSAR, May 6 -- A Pakistani national was detained by the 117th battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) after he illegally crossed the border under the border outpost Dariya Mansoor in Amritsar district, officials said on Monday.
A BSF spokesperson said the troops while performing duty at the border observed suspicious movement near Falku Nala ahead of the barbed fence and approximately 250 metres inside the Indian territory on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
A man, later identified as a Pakistan national, was seen hiding in the bushes.
The BSF personnel promptly alerted the colleagues who also reached the location. The area was cordoned off and the suspect was apprehended between the fence and the zero line, the spokesperson added.
The intruder was identified as Husnain, a resident of Gujranwala district of Pakistan's Punjab province. Pakistani currency and identity card were recovered from his possession, officials said.
The questioning of the accused has been going on and further investigation is in progress, officials added....
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