The BSF has said that 70 meters long tunnel used by three terrorists to enter into Indian Territory at forward area of Chamliyal in Ramgarh sector of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir has originated in Pakistan and was not possible for the terrorists to construct the tunnel without support of the Pakistani Rangers.
Addressing a press conference in Jammu yesterday evening, BSF IG, Jammu Frontiers, DK Upadhaya said it was not possible to construct the tunnel without support of the Pakistani Rangers. The BSF played video of the tunnel at the press conference showing its exit inside a field at Chamliyal and some inner portion.
The IG said that the militants had used the tunnel to negotiate border fencing and reach Indian territory from Pakistan. He said that this was done by the terrorists as they couldn’t have succeeded in breaching the fence to infiltrate into this side in view of strict surveillance maintained by the BSF-both through the help of its men as well as sophisticated gadgetry.
He said that the BSF detected the tunnel as soon as they thwarted the infiltration attempt by three terrorists and eliminated them after an encounter.