BSF men patrol the border.

Jammu, August 29

Tension has gripped the area near the International Border on Jammu frontier after a BSF constable was injured in firing by a sniper of the Pakistan Rangers on August 25.While the public movement has been stopped near the border, BSF personnel are also exercising extra caution. At the same time, a strong vigil is being maintained so as to foil any infiltration bid.Sources in the BSF said since the August 25 incident, even patrolling was being done with utmost caution. “We don’t want to give any chance to the Rangers to fire at us. At the same time, if anything happens, there will be a huge retaliation from our side,” said the sources.The 198-km-long International Border in Jammu frontier often gets volatile whenever Pakistan Rangers resort to unprovoked ceasefire violations. On August 25, Pakistan Rangers injured BSF constable KK Appa Rao during a sniping incident.In retaliation, BSF killed three Rangers on August 26. Since then the tension has increased and nobody is being allowed to go near the border fence. — TNS