BSF destroyed 3 terror launchpads across border; Operation Sindoor's new footage released
Jammu: Inspector General of BSF, Jammu Frontier, Shashank Anand addresses a press conference, in Jammu. (PTI Photo)
JAMMU: BSF targeted and destroyed three terror launchpads and a Pakistan Army post across the LoC and the international border on the night of May 9 and 10 in loud and effective response to Pakistani shelling on BSF posts and civilian areas in Jammu and Kashmir.
The border force on Tuesday released new footage from
Operation Sindoor
, showing targeted strikes on terror launchpads.
'Pakistan began unprovoked cross-border firing near Akhnoor sector on May 9. Being already prepared for such a situation, BSF destroyed a Lashkar launchpad in Looni and another launchpad named Mastpur, opposite RS Pura sector. We also planned to strike terror launchpads along the international border," BSF's Jammu Frontier IG Shashank Anand told a press conference.
BSF's Samba sector DIG S S Mand added that BSF surveillance systems detected movement of about 40 to 50 terrorists near the border on May 8. 'Assessing a potential infiltration attempt, BSF units launched preemptive strikes in the area. In response, Pakistan Rangers began firing on BSF Border outposts as a cover fire for intruders,' he said.
To honour the martyrs BSF SI Mohammad Imtiyaz, constable Deepak Kumar, and Indian Army Naik Sunil Kumar, two BSF posts will be named after them and another post as 'Sindoor Post.' A proposal will be sent to the govt, Anand said.
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