BSF Deputy Inspector General (DIG) R S Kataria said last night, suspicious movement was spotted by troops near the international border.
"When the Pakistani smugglers reached near the border security fence and started throwing some packets over it, the BSF challenged them, but they continued with their aggressive posture," he said.
To stop their "misadventure further and in self-defence, the BSF opened fired on the smugglers". However, they managed to escape taking cover of darkness and the undulating ground, the officer said.
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