Ramgarh, November 16
The residents of this frontier town of Samba district were a worried lot today as they feared that some infiltrators, who the BSF claimed to have arrested last night, might have entered the Indian side.
The residents of various villages in this sector feared that the tall claims of the BSF that the infiltration attempt was foiled could be a “lie” as last year too the BSF had claimed to have foiled a similar infiltration bid in the sector. However, after two days the militants had surfaced in Kaily Mandi village in Samba and killed six persons.
The villagers said if the militants could kill a senior BSF officer by triggering an IED blast, there was every possibility that the militants might have sneak into the Indian side as well.
“If the militants can kill a high ranking officer of the BSF, there are chances that some of them might have managed to enter our territory,” said Ram Dayal, a resident of Langoor village near the international border.
When The Tribune team visited the spot where the DIG of the BSF was killed, most of the villages en route the border wore a deserted look as people preferred to stay inside. “We are afraid to go out, as we are not sure whether some infiltration has taken place or not. Last year’s incident is still fresh in our minds when militants, who had infiltrated into our side, killed six innocent civilians in the same sector,” said Keshew, a resident of Keso village of Ramgarh sector in Samba district.
The villagers say that late last night they woke up due to the sound of heavy gun shots that continued for several hours and they were even more frightened to hear the IED blast in the morning. “Last night, the firing started around 2 am and continued for several hours. We understood it was an infiltration bid. Earlier also there have been instances of infiltration bid from this sector,” said Anmol, a resident of Keso village, who stays a few yards from the barbed fence near which the firing took place.Though the BSF has denied any infiltration took place, the security around the area has been tightened as the security forces have been kept on high alert along the international border, especially in the Ramgarh sector.
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