The tunnel was detected in RS Pura on March 3.

Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

Tribune News Service

Jammu, April 7

While the much-hyped Indo-Pak Joint Investigation Team probing the Pathankot airbase attack has hit a “dead end”, over a month on, Pakistan remains non-committal over India’s demand for a joint investigation into a tunnel detected in the RS Pura sector of Jammu district on March 3.A Pakistan media report, quoting an unnamed Pakistani JIT official, said the Pathankot terror attack was stage-managed by India.On March 4, the BSF had asked the Pakistan Rangers to join the investigations so as to trace and book the culprits responsible for digging the trans-border tunnel.The secret tunnel, which originated from the Afzal Saeed post of Pakistan, had been detected near the Allah-Mai-de-Kothe post of India.“There has been no response by the Pakistan Rangers to our demand of a joint investigation. Though a protest note along with other evidences had been sent to them, they have not responded to our demand so far,” said a senior BSF officer. He said the Pakistan Rangers had neither denied nor accepted the BSF’s demand.Meanwhile, to ensure that no more tunnels are being dug by Pakistan on the 198-km-long international border, the BSF has been regularly undertaking anti-tunneling activities. The BSF undertakes an anti-tunneling drive every three months with the help of sensors, ground-penetrating radars, foot patrols, loaded tractor-trolleys and excavators.