Vigil intensified along Kutch border

By Our Special Correspondent

GANDHINAGAR, AUG. 26. Vigilance has been intensified along the international border with Pakistan at Kutch following reports that about 10 Pakistani nationals had managed to intrude into the country and had been hiding in some villages biding for time to reach Ahmedabad and other places.

The alarm was reportedly sounded by a shepherd who reported to the Border Security Force authorities that he had noticed some ``unknown faces with something that looked like weapons'' in Kala Dungar village in Lakhpat taluka of the district.

A BSF official here said vigilance in the border areas had been intensified since then but they had not been able to trace any intruder. The official ruled out the possibility of any intrusion through the Kutch borders but said ``a few'' Pakistanis might have crossed over from Barmer or any other long unmanned border and had reached Kutch villages to remain in hiding for sometime.

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