The Border Safety Power (BSF) apprehended a Pakistani Ranger from alongside the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan, experiences information company PTI quoting official sources on Saturday. The event comes a fortnight after a BSF jawan was apprehended by the Rangers amid rising stress between the 2 international locations within the wake of the terrorist assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam through which 26 individuals, principally vacationers, had been killed.

In keeping with PTI quoting officers, the Pakistani Ranger has been taken into custody by the Rajasthan frontier of the pressure. BSF jawab Purnam Kumar Shaw was apprehended by the Rangers on April 23 from alongside this worldwide border in Punjab, and so they have refused at hand him over regardless of a powerful protest registered by the Indian pressure. 

A Pakistani Ranger was caught infiltrating the Indian border close to Raisingh Nagar. BSF personnel apprehended him whereas he was trying to cross into Indian territory. Swift motion was taken by the BSF, and the person is at present being interrogated: Sources pic.twitter.com/vCRrCgVZDQ

— IANS (@ians_india) May 3, 2025

Earlier on April 23, a BSF jawan, Purnam Kumar Shaw, was detained by the Pakistani forces alongside the worldwide border in Punjab. A number of rounds of talks have been held concerning his launch. Nonetheless, they haven’t but yielded any outcomes for now.

In keeping with News18, the BSF officers have been given the identical reply from Pakistan again and again: “We’re ready for instructions from the higher-ups”.

The event comes as each India and Pakistan have witnessed an increase in stress after the assault in Jammu-Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which claimed 26 lives and left a number of others injured.

Police perform searches at a number of areas in Srinagar

On Saturday, Police carried out searches at a number of areas in Srinagar as a part of a clampdown on the fear ecosystem within the wake of the Pahalgam assault. In keeping with information company PTI, a spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Police stated they’ve intensified searches throughout a number of areas within the metropolis, with the intention to dismantle the terror-supporting infrastructure within the district. 

The spokesperson stated the searches had been performed at 5 locations within the metropolis.The searches had been carried out in accordance with correct authorized procedures, within the presence of govt magistrates and unbiased witnesses and below the supervision of officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, he stated as quoted by information company PTI.