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India Summons Pakistan Diplomat Over Infiltration, Rejects "Baseless" Allegations
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Moneycontrol•03-10-2026, 22:41
India Summons Pakistan Diplomat Over Infiltration, Rejects "Baseless" Allegations
- •India summoned Pakistan's Chargé d’Affaires to protest continued cross-border infiltration and drug smuggling.
- •MEA rejected Pakistan's "baseless and motivated" allegations regarding an October 2 incident in Punjab's Ferozepur sector.
- •Three individuals infiltrated Indian territory and were engaged by BSF after ignoring warnings and posing an "imminent security threat."
- •The incident highlights a recurring pattern of cross-border movement by armed narcotics syndicates operating from Pakistan.
- •India urged Pakistan to investigate infiltration and drug-smuggling activities, including alleged complicity of its border forces, and take remedial measures.
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The MEA summoned the Pakistan High Commission Chargé d’Affaires to lodge a strong protest over the continued facilitation of illegal cross-border infiltration from Pakistan.
India strongly rejected Islamabad's allegations regarding the October 2 incident in Punjab's Ferozepur sector, describing them as completely baseless and motivated.
Border Security Force personnel repeatedly warned the three individuals to return to Pakistan, but they continued moving toward the border fence, compelling forces to engage them as an imminent security threat.
