BSF finds fifth rocket fired from Pakistan

ATTARI: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday discovered a huge crater left by another rocket in a Punjab village even as it was probing the
source of the four shells fired from across the border two days back. The crater with a radius of six metres was ringed by charred crops in a paddy field in Dalake village near Attari, which was hit in Friday’s attack along with three other villages.

‘‘The splinters from the rocket fired on Friday night had snapped overhead electric cable in Lakhwinder Singh’s paddy field in Dalake village,’’ BSF DIG Mohd Aquil said.

BSF officials said they were not ruling out the possibility of finding more shells in the area. Three rockets, which were fired in quick succession from Pakistan, had exploded in Dhanoe Khurd, Rattan Kalan and Modhay villages on late Friday night. Another shell was also found in Dalake village. The attack triggered retaliatory gunfire by BSF.

A similar offensive had been launched from across the border on July 4, when Dhandae, Bhairwal and Konake had come under projectile attack. India has erected an electrified barbed wire fence on its side of the 553-km India-Pakistan border in Punjab.

There was no damage or casualty on the Indian side. Pakistan Army has denied it was involved in the attack.

Sources said terror group LeT, whose armed men now operate in the Pakistani state of Punjab, could be behind the rocket attacks. The 107 mm rockets were fired towards India from multi-barrel rocket launchers, which are mounted on carriages unlike shoulder-fired rocket launchers
that could be concealed, the sources added.
Source:: timesofindia