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10 kg heroin seized, three smugglers shot
BSF officers show packets of heroin, a pistol and mobile phones seized from smugglers at Ramtirath near Amritsar Ramtirath (Amritsar), March 29
The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down three smugglers, including an Indian national, while they were trying to push in 10 kg of heroin worth Rs 50 crore at the border with Pakistan here last night.
BSF officers show packets of heroin, a pistol and mobile phones seized from smugglers at Ramtirath near Amritsar on Thursday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Farmers lay siege to rail track
Amritsar, March 29
Rail traffic between Mannawala and Amritsar was affected today following the protest lodged by a faction of Kissan Sangharsh Committee. Samiti members sat on the railway track near Mannawala.

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10 kg heroin seized, three smugglers shot
PK Jaiswar
Tribune News Service

Ramtirath (Amritsar), March 29
The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down three smugglers, including an Indian national, while they were trying to push in 10 kg of heroin worth Rs 50 crore at the border with Pakistan here last night.

Aditya Mishra, BSF Inspector General, said they had stepped up vigil following inputs regarding a smuggling attempt near New Sundergarh border post.

“The night surveillance devices noticed the movement of three Pakistani smugglers who were holding a long plastic pipe stuffed with heroin packets. Only two of them came near the barbed fence while their third accomplice remained a few metres away to give them cover. Their Indian counterpart was on the Indian side of the fence. Our jawans challenged them when they pushed the pipe into the Indian territory,” he said.

Mishra said three persons, including two Pakistanis and an Indian, were killed in the crossfire that ensued.

During the search, the BSF recovered a 14-foot-long plastic pipe of six inch diameter, which was stuffed with 10 packets of heroin. They also recovered a pistol, torch and two mobiles phones having Pakistani SIM cards.

On the intervening night of March 18/19 too, the BSF had gunned down three Pakistani smugglers at Dharma border post near here and recovered 22 packets of heroin. Around 14 kg of the contraband was also seized from Rajatal outpost on March 26.

Farmers lay siege to rail track
Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 29
Rail traffic between Mannawala and Amritsar was affected today following the protest lodged by a faction of Kissan Sangharsh Committee. Samiti members sat on the railway track near Mannawala.

Farmers and their family members during a protest seeking waiver of loans near Amritsar on Thursday. A Tribune photograph

The two factions of Kissan Sangharsh Committee today paid tributes to one of their colleagues Angrez Singh Baakipur, who was shot dead in police firing during an agitation held at Mannawala railway station in 2004, at separate functions.

One of the factions blocked the rail track near Mannawala railway station today which led to delay in the arrival and departure of several trains at Amritsar Railway station.

The Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express, which was scheduled to arrive at Amritsar railway station at 1.25 pm, reached at 4 pm. Similalry, Shane-e-Punjab train reached two hours late.

The other faction of Kissaan Sangharsh Committee (Pannu) held a ‘shardhanjali samaroh’ at Baakipur village, the native village of the deceased farmer.