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India Summons Pakistan Diplomat Over "Illegal" Infiltration Attempt, Rejects "Baseless" Allegations
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Firstpost•03-10-2026, 22:54
India Summons Pakistan Diplomat Over "Illegal" Infiltration Attempt, Rejects "Baseless" Allegations
- •India summoned Pakistan's Chargé d'Affaires to protest continued facilitation of illegal cross-border infiltration.
- •The Ministry of External Affairs rejected Pakistan's "baseless and motivated" allegations regarding an incident in Punjab's Ferozepur sector.
- •India stated that three individuals infiltrated Indian territory, and BSF engaged them due to an imminent security threat after warnings were ignored.
- •India urged Pakistan to respect the International Border, investigate cross-border infiltration and drug smuggling, and address the complicity of its border guarding forces.
- •The incident highlights a pattern of cross-border movement by armed narcotics syndicates operating from Pakistan, prompting India to call for concrete preventive measures.
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India summoned the Pakistani diplomat to lodge a strong protest over continued illegal cross-border infiltration from Pakistan and to reject baseless allegations regarding an incident in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector.
Three individuals infiltrated into Indian territory and ignored multiple BSF warnings to return while moving toward the border fence. BSF personnel engaged them after they posed an imminent security threat, resulting in the deaths of two men.
India highlighted a clear pattern of repeated cross-border movement by armed narcotics syndicates operating from Pakistan. The government urged Pakistan to investigate these smuggling activities, the complicity of its border guarding forces, and take remedial measures.
