Jammu BSF Chief killed in mine blast near Indo-Pak border in J&K

Jammu,November 16 (Vijay Kumar) –52-year-old DIG O P Kanwar, who was DIG (Headquarters, BSF Frontier, Jammu), was killed and other two officals also injured in a an improvised explosive device (IED)  blast at Ballad post near Indo-Pak border in Samba district in Jammu region.

Police said that DIG Kanwar who was killed in  a blast during  combing operation,had gone to the area to conduct a combing operation this morning after the post came under fire from across the border since last night. In this blast two other officals injured badly.

Offical sources said that terrorists had planted an IED on the Indian side.. As soon as the militants found out that a senior officer was visiting the area, the IED was detonated in which the top official of BSF was killed.

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