Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the Jammu frontier destroyed and damaged over 118 Pakistani posts and dismantled Pakistan’s entire surveillance system during Operation Sindoor post Pahalgam terror attack.
Shah visited Poonch, which bore the brunt of Pakistani shelling, and expressed gratitude on behalf of the 140 crore people of India to all the border guards of the BSF.
Addressing the BSF personnel in Poonch, Shah said whenever there was any attack on India’s borders, it was the BSF who faced it first.
In any situation, 365 days a year and round-the clock, BSF personnel remain available, vigilant, and dedicated, he said and emphasized that due to BSF personnel, no attack can directly cause damage within India’s borders because the first line of defence is the chest of a BSF soldier.
On this occasion, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, the Union Home Secretary, Director of the Intelligence Bureau, Director General of the Border Security Force, and several other distinguished people were present.
Shah said during Operation Sindoor, while upholding their traditions, BSF personnel deployed at the Jammu and Rajasthan frontiers and the remote Kutch border protected the nation’s borders with utmost vigilance.
He noted that when Pakistan attacked residential areas in retaliation for the Indian Army’s strikes on terrorists in Pakistan, BSF personnel in the Jammu frontier destroyed and damaged over 118 Pakistani posts. He added that the BSF dismantled Pakistan’s entire surveillance system.
Union Home Minister stated that even during peacetime, the BSF maintained a sharp watch on Pakistan’s posts, and during Operation Sindoor, based on precise intelligence and in the shortest possible time, they inflicted maximum damage on Pakistani posts.
Shah said that the BSF caused the most damage to Pakistan’s surveillance equipment.
He remarked that such bravery is witnessed only when there is pride in the nation, a spirit of patriotism in the heart, and zeal to make the supreme sacrifice.
UNI
