Chander Parkash/TNS
Fazilka, October 4
In a bizarre incident, which has put a question mark on the safety of vital installations of the country, about two dozen unscrupulous elements armed with sharp-edged weapons made an unsuccessful attempt to grab the land belonging to Shatirwala border observation post (BOP), being manned by the Border Security Force (BSF) on the Indo-Pak border in this sector.
Information gathered by the TNS revealed that unscrupulous elements travelling on tractors also attacked Prem Narain, Havaldar, BSF, who was on duty, when they tried to encroach upon that piece of land. Information revealed that yesterday, a group of about two dozen people led by Harwinder Singh and Devinder Singh (both brothers) descended on the Shatirwala BOP and tried to grab the land belonging to it in an illegal way. When Prem Narain tried to resist the attempts made by the accused, he was attacked by them with the intention to kill.
Prem, who suffered multiple injuries, had been admitted to the local civil hospital. His condition was stated to be normal. One member of the group of the accused, who also suffered injuries, had also been getting treatment in the same hospital.
Kulwant Kumar, Commandant, 199 Battalion of the BSF, when contacted, said Harwinder Singh and others tried to cultivate the land belonging to the Shatirwala BOP, forcibly. He said when the BSF jawans, who were deployed on the BOP, tried to stop Harwinder Singh and others, they were attacked by the accused.
When a message was received in connection with the attack on the BOP, a section of the BSF jawans along with senior officials including deputy commandant Ram Lal, rushed to the spot.
After seeing the BSF party approaching the venue, Harwinder Singh and others fled away from the spot leaving their tractors behind. The strength of jawans on Shatirwala, which was in occupation of the BSF since 1965, had been increased after this incident.
Police sources said a case in this connection had been registered against Harwinder, Devinder, Nihal Singh and Dalwinder Singh and 20 unidentified accused at the Sadar police station, Fazilka, under sections 307, 186, 332, 353, 447, 511, 427, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC. No arrest had been made in this connection so far, sources added.
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