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Two Shot Dead: Indian Express
Friday, May 1, 1998, Indian Express
Two Myanmarese infiltrators shot dead, one arrested
JAMMU : Two Myanmarese infiltrators were killed and another captured by
BSF during an infiltration bid from R.S.Pura in wee hours today,
official sources said. Three Bangladesh nationals and an ISI agent were
also apprehended by BSF since last night, the sources told PTI. On a
specific information BSF troops laid a trap and allowed a group of
people, who had sneaked into the Indian territory. Later, on being
challenged by troops near Suchetgarh, the group made an attempt to flee
back to Pakistan. However, in the ensuing encounter troops shot dead two
of them and arrested another, the sources said, adding a few managed to
escape back under the cover of darkness.
The slain and the captured infilitrators were later identified as
Myanmarese nationals, the sources said. They were later handed over to
police. This is for the first time since the onset of militancy in Jammu
and Kashmir that a Myanmarese infiltrator has been shot dead.
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