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SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 12 SPORT 16 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL INDIA’S ABIDING 800 KILLED IN INDONESIA’S ROHIT, KULDIP JUMP BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR CHINESE ADDICTION QUAKE-TSUNAMI DISASTER IN RANKINGS CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 264 LUCKNOW, MONDAY OCTOBER 1, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable MAHESH BHATT IS LIKE MY FATHER:} RHEA } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com BSF avenges jawan’s mutilation SIT to reconstruct scene of 14 Pak Rangers killed, 6 bunkers across border destroyed cop’s shooting Apple staffer RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI PRABHA SHANKER n LUCKNOW ays after Union Home Pakistan copter violates nitiating the investigation into DMinister Rajnath Singh’s TIT FOR TAT Ithe Gomti Nagar shooting assertion that “something big * For tying the feet of Narender Singh and slitting his throat, the BSF case in which Apple executive has happened” in retaliation to also inflicted befitting injuries on at least two personnel of the Indian airspace, retreats Vivek Tiwari was gunned down BSF jawan Narender Singh’s Pakistan Rangers early Saturday morning, the brutal killing by Pakistani * Special Investigation Team, led forces, it has now emerged After India’s retaliatory strike, Pakistan Army corps commander by IG, Lucknow Range, Sujit that the BSF killed 14 men of visited the border area on September 26 to boost the morale of the after troops fire upon it Pandey visited the crime scene Pakistan Rangers and elite unit of Pakistan Rangers on Sunday morning and later destroyed six bunkers on the * Outgoing BSF DG KK Sharma had on Friday said sufficient action MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU Poonch ‘air sentries’ at a for- the team went to the Gomti intervening night of September was taken and Narender’s killing was avenged on the LoC ward location engaged it with Nagar police station. The SIT 25 and 26 along the Line of * The retaliatory action was planned by the BSF swiftly, and “fox Pakistani helicopter on small arms forcing it to retreat. will reconstruct the crime scene Control in Jammu & Kashmir. game” played by the Intelligence agencies, was used ahead of the ASunday violated Indian air Ministry of Defence during the probe into the case. As a tit for tat for tying the action against them space along the Line of Control spokesperson in Jammu, Lt-Col Later, in the evening, Chief feet of Singh and slitting his (LoC) in Poonch sector Devendra Anand, issued a Minister Yogi Adityanath had a throat, the BSF also inflicted prompting Indian Air force to statement which he said, “The talk with victim’s wife Kalpna befitting injuries on at least two launch small arm fire and ‘air air space violation by the Tiwari. He expressed sympathy People attend the funeral procession of the private company executive Vivek Tiwari, personnel of the Pakistan sorties’ to timely check the Pakistan helicopter was report- and assured her of every possi- who was shot dead by a police constable in Lucknow on Sunday Rangers, top sources said. intrusion. ed in Poonch sector at about ble help from the government. PTI The BSF jawan was killed The air space violation was 12.10 pm on Sunday.” He said the government was on September 18 by the reported after Indian External Official sources, however, with the bereaved family in the car too,” he said. compulsion that the constable Pakistan Rangers while clear- Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj claimed it was most likely a their grief. The IG said the police opened fire?" the officer ing elephant grass on the inter- had launched a scathing attack civil chopper and was flying Giving details of the inves- would reconstruct the crime explained. national boundary along with against Pakistan at the United very high. “It was also fired tigation carried so far, ADG, scene to know what exactly had He said the team also vis- a team. Nations General Assembly ses- upon by the Indian troops but Lucknow Zone, Rajeev Krishna happened at the time of incident. ited the Gomti Nagar police “Hamare BSF ka ek jawan, sion (UNGA) in New York for it managed to retreat inside the said the team collected details “We did not want to present any station where both the vehicles abhi uske saath jis tarike se bad- harbouring terrorists on its Pakistani territory,” they said. from the crime scene during the sketchy picture of the police were parked for technical salooki ki hai Pakistan ne, territory and not taking any As per the bilateral agree- investigation. “The aim of the investigation. Every finding will inspection. “The bike had a shayad aapne dekha hoga. Kuch action against the mastermind ment inked in 1991 between investigation is to collect evi- be shared with the media and dent on the right side. The hua hai, main bataoonga nahi. of 26/11 Mumbai terror strike. India and Pakistan a rotary dence from the crime scene to the culprit in the case would not team is finding if it the dent was Hua hai, theek thaak hua hai, According to Pakistan wing aircraft cannot fly with- get corroborative and scientific be spared,” he added. caused after it was hit by the vishwaas rakhna bahut theek media reports, POK ‘Prime in 1 km, fixed wing aircraft evidence to reach to a conclusion The IG, Lucknow Range, victim’s vehicle. The team is thaak hua hai, 2-3 din pehle. Minister’ Raja Farooq Haider (fighters, bombers and recon- in the case," he said. He was ducked the question when asked also finding out how the vic- Aur aage bhi dekhiega kya Khan was seated in the front naissance planes) within 10 addressing newsmen at a press if preliminary findings were tim’s vehicle had a dent on one hoga” (Something has hap- seat of the chopper. He was km of each others airspace. conference held at Reserve against the constable in the of the doors,” he pointed out. pened, I can’t tell you what. It reportedly travelling to Tarori Following this incident Police Lines of Lucknow. case. He later said it was too early The IG said he could not happened, something substan- near the LoC to condole the high alert was sounded all Giving details of the brain- to comment on that. “We just tell the time-frame when the tial. Trust me something big death of an activist of his party. along the LoC to prevent any storming exercise done by the started the SIT probe. Every probe would conclude. “This is has happened 2-3 days back, Ground reports said soon further breach of barbed wire SIT, the IG, Lucknow Range, aspect related to the incident was a sensitive case and the police now wait and watch what hap- had also said the Pakistan side significant especially when the after the Pakistani helicopter fence to push heavily armed said the team studied the dents being probed. We had sought were trying its best to get sci- pens in the future), the Home had vacated five km of the area BSF has not used mortar firing violated the Indian air space in infiltrators inside the Indian in the walls of the underpass to help from the public to share if entific evidence to reach a Minister had said on Friday from the zero line fearing fur- to retaliate against the coun- forward area of Gulpur in territory. examine what would be the they had any clue or any infor- conclusion,” he said. while referring to the killing of ther retribution and mortar terpart. speed of the vehicle at the time mation related to the incident,” Pandey said there was no BSF jawan Narender. shelling from the BSF. “A series of fronts and Screenshot of Pakistani of the incident. “We observed he said. restriction for anyone to get After India’s retaliatory The retaliatory action was posts were activated along the chopper at LoC tyre marks on the road. The The IG, Lucknow Range, another FIR registered in a strike, Pakistan Army corps planned by the BSF swiftly, and LoC, fox game was in full play forensic team, which helped in said the entire crime scene case. He was answering queries commander visited the border “fox game” played by the and a successful coordinated the collection of evidence, had had been earmarked in two about Vivek’s wife demand to area on September 26 to boost Intelligence agencies, was used action was executed against the been asked to find out the rea- parts: crime scene 1 and crime register a new FIR. the morale of the elite unit of ahead of the action against adversary. All the action was son behind the same. We are scene 2. “In the crime scene 1, Speaking about the delay in Pakistan Rangers trapped and them. In a fox game, the agen- executed on their (Pakistan) also trying to find out the exact the SIT will examine if the car the registration of the case hit by the BSF. Outgoing BSF cies use the communication side of the LoC,” an official sequence of the incident. The was moving or it was stranded. and allegation that Sana was DG KK Sharma had on Friday and media platforms to hood- privy to the details said. team spotted blood trail between Why the constables stopped the given a blank paper and was said sufficient action was taken wink the adversary and reduce The sources also did not the place where the car was ini- vehicle? What was the cause of asked to put her signature on and Narender ‘s killing was their alertness.
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