October 4, 2016 6:02 PM

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Tension prevails along Indo-Pak border in wake of surgical strikes : BSF

BSF Director General K K Sharma has said, tension prevails along the western front in the wake of surgical strikes conducted by Indian forces and the border guards has witnessed movement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles-UAVs very close to the Indo-Pak border in the recent past. Addressing media after BSF – Bangladesh Border Guards Director General level talks in New Delhi today, Mr sharma said the overall vigil has been increased along western borders and all the defense and security forces establishments are on their highest alert. <br/><br/>The DG said as part of measures to beef up overall security, the border guarding force has also reviewed the preparedness of security mechanism along the eastern front with Bangladesh so that terrorists are not able to use that country to sneak into India and launch attacks.<br/><br/>The BSF chief said border guarding forces of India Bangladesh also did touch upon the security situation post surgical strikes conducted by army across the LoC and that both the forces are on high vigil. Mr Sharma added while there is tension at the International Border that runs along Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, there has been no ceasefire violation till now in these areas.<br/><br/>He said BSF has not issued any order for vacating villages on the border and such directives may have been issued by the respective civil administrations of the states.

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