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Indian border forces allegedly killed a 60-year-old 'Pakistani' woman early on Monday on the suspicion that she was intruding into Indian territory, The Hindu, an Indian daily, reported.
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot her dead along the border between Pakistan and India in the Gurdaspur area, The Hindu said.
"The incident took place at around 3am in Bariyala of the Gurdaspur sector, when the BSF personnel spotted a suspicious movement along the Indo-Pak border," said the report.
“The woman, aged nearly 60 years was challenged and asked to stop, but when she continued to march towards the Indian territory, she was shot at, resulting in her death,” a senior BSF official was quoted as saying.
The women had covered her face at the time she was shot dead and the BSF personnel did not know it was a woman, claimed the official.
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May 15, 2017 06:26pm
Sad..
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May 15, 2017 06:26pm
Why she was crossing the border secondly when she was warned why she kept on moving and why Pakistan rangers allowed her to come near the border fencing strange and sad
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May 15, 2017 06:26pm
As she may be suicide bomber please my respected Indian friends do you have some else explanation. Humanity at its lowest. RIP poor soul and humanity.
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May 15, 2017 06:36pm
@prasHantJain even if all you are saying is correct she was a woman and to have respect for women is in our genes no matter you are on which side of border. Hats off to Indian bravery
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May 15, 2017 06:46pm
The statement does not seems true because how an aged women can go near border at 3.00 am. Obviously, this sad incident would have been happened in day time or she may be special person and had no idea where she is moving or may be deaf and could not hear the warning. There can be many "MAY BE" but one thing is sure that lack of trust is the factor which becoming the cause of innocent killings on daily basis.
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May 15, 2017 06:46pm
@Nomi Goraya what about all the honor killings
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May 15, 2017 06:47pm
Means nobody was there to stop her from Pakistan side? Where are Pakistani border security guards?
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May 15, 2017 06:48pm
they dont spare 2 yrs old kids in kashimir , 60 is way par
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May 15, 2017 06:51pm
@Nomi Goraya Should we allow free passing of womens across the borders?
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May 15, 2017 06:51pm
@Nomi Goraya if same thing happens inside Pakistani border what will rangers do just think about it and please don't blame any army its Indian or pak. This is duty of soldiers to protect their borders from any intruders.
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May 15, 2017 06:54pm
Why the hell either of Indian or Pakistani citizen come along border areas knowing the tensed situation, that too early in 3 AM.
Every single lif is valuable, atleast for their near one who feel the pain most irrespective of nationality.
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May 15, 2017 06:54pm
@Nomi Goraya How will you recognise in the darkness of night whether the person is male or female? what is the age? Armed or not?
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May 15, 2017 06:56pm
Why she was crossing border with covering face ???
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May 15, 2017 07:07pm
@H Well and the way to check is to fire and kill for heavens sake please say a wrong act wrong how can you defend such barbaric act.
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May 15, 2017 07:10pm
@Breznev Lol my dear that is not justified at all but unfortunately that is also in our genes as we are male dominant society. I am from Punjab and I know how women of opponent families are treated even in case of bitter and heated clashes.
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May 15, 2017 07:12pm
@unmand Free passage that is far more human thing when compared to our attitudes and egos so I am not that fool to think in this way just try to develop some respect for humans how a woman on foot became that much threat to brave army man in their bunkers that they were left no option but to kill her.
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May 15, 2017 07:19pm
Falsified ego, trust deficit and when media start deciding government policies the ultimate victim is peace, common sense and civilians. A bullet on the leg may be have save a life of this old lady, may be she was mentally ill.
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May 15, 2017 07:20pm
Humanity lost, I dont blame BSF as the reports suggests lots of issue, why at 3.00 am?
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May 15, 2017 07:21pm
Bsf personal statement. Is as the women covered her face . That too at midnight. .and after repeated wornings .. they did their duty
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May 15, 2017 07:21pm
@Nomi Goraya Barbaric? I think soldiers just did what they are supposed to do. Due warning was given as well. Unfortunate incidence but nothing barbaric in it.
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May 15, 2017 07:29pm
Unfortunate. The soldiers are under so much stress and the orders are two warnings and then shoot. How will soldier know from this distance that woman or man is not a suicide bomber.
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May 15, 2017 07:35pm
@H Well a if a soldier is asked to fire and kill a woman on the border and it is part of their duty then it is truly barbaric as at many places villages are so near to border or working boundary and sometimes people are so near to these duty bound soldiers while working. What else barbaric means that a 60 year helpless woman was fired and killed by a well armed soldier from his bomb proof bunker
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May 15, 2017 07:36pm
What are the duties of BORDER SECURITY FORCE ? The answer is here
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May 15, 2017 07:40pm
@Sachin Well sir I think soldiers are trained shooters so they can aim very precisely after all they are Indian soldiers so please explain me why they did not shoot her in her legs as in that case even if she was suicide bomber she could not have done any harm to them?
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May 15, 2017 07:43pm
@Pavan Sir this may be correct answer from Indian definition of humanity but this is not job of border guards to kill the unarmed civilians you can arrest them push them back to the territory but you can not kill them no where in the world may be this is Indian norm
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May 15, 2017 07:43pm
@Nomi Goraya .She may be a deaf or dumb, or some mental disorder, a minute patience could have saved her life.
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May 15, 2017 07:45pm
@Nomi Goraya did you read it was 3AM. a normal person will not cross border at 3 AM
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May 15, 2017 07:49pm
Every time Indians cross border to Pakistani side they are not killed but arrested and if proved innocent repatriated.in year 2016 17 even Indian army jwans who mistakenly crossed to Pakistani side were given a chance to live but Indians bsf are so cruel that they kill children women's and old just for mistake
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May 15, 2017 07:55pm
@Pravin yeas she may not be normal she may be mentally challenged and this is some remote border village of Pakistan so may be she could be going for toilet there could be many reasons but nothing suggest to kill her. I am astonished how you people are trying to justify it. I would have condemned it even if it was done by PAK army across the line as each human life is precious
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May 15, 2017 07:57pm
Come on! Of course they knew it was a woman by the cloths she was wearing. It is just another state sanctioned murder of an innocent woman.
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May 15, 2017 08:06pm
@Nomi Goraya, sir how can you blame the soldier, they do not expect civilians at 3 a.m. ,they did what they are trained to do, loss of life is regrettable but they didn't knew she was a woman. Even Indian media reported that an infiltrator was shot dead it is only now that we know that it was a woman.
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May 15, 2017 08:17pm
@prasHantJain --Absolutely true. The good part is that Indian soldiers very professionally warned and asked her. Also, why on earth would somebody continue moving forward on the border despite being warned not to--this is so suspect and weird
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May 15, 2017 08:17pm
Indian terrorism knows no limits, killing innocent Pakistani civilians around the border and inside the border on LOC without any reason And then they want Pakistan to send Kulbhushan back to india as if he had entered Pakistan to visit his Khala Ji's birthday party.
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May 15, 2017 08:17pm
@prasHantJain --Absolutely true. The good part is that Indian soldiers very professionally warned and asked her. Also, why on earth would somebody continue moving forward on the border despite being warned not to--this is so suspect and weird
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May 15, 2017 08:18pm
After spy pigeon, Now Indian Army is scared of our 60 year old women who may have lost her way late at night. Most village women dont know English or Urdu to understand any warning, India-Pakistan borders are not very open she can cross it without realising its a border.
Grow up!
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May 15, 2017 08:21pm
@Humor heart humanity(3H) exactly, i personally know a kid who died in train accident while he was walking on the track and didnt hear the train coming from behind as he was deaf and dumb.
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May 15, 2017 08:23pm
@Shiv Gautam Well sir Indian media and the truth but at least show some grief at the loss of innocent life who did not know that masters in New Delhi has dubber her a notorious infiltrator equipped with weapons of mass destruction to eliminate mighty India. Just to tell you even if many suicide bombers crossed from Afghanistan and killed hundred across Pakistan but even then to this point we deal civilians as civilians why mighty India is so much afraid that it has no else option but to fire and kill some person in suspicion is this the norm or order of the day and that too when border and working boundary cris cross through villages which are just at stone throw from border
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May 15, 2017 08:24pm
Are they humans?
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May 15, 2017 08:26pm
@Mohd. KAMRAN what sort of people you are that you are not grieved at all on the loss of human life what sort of professionalism you can extract from the shooting of an elderly woman professionalism was when an Indian solider crossed LOC during the height of so called surgical strikes but Pakistan Army returned him back with respect and dignity may be we are little more brave when compared to you Indians
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May 15, 2017 08:29pm
The article itself raises so many questions like why face was covered? why she didn't stop when asked to? why at 3 am? where were PAk rangers?
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May 15, 2017 08:45pm
@Indi rocks I can answer all except the last as I have never been to border and my village is little away from border Why face was covered as it is custom in Punjab since she was 60 years so she was from old school of thought not that enlightened. Why she did not stop or responded there can be so many reasons but one could be that she never knew that she was that close to border and that she was the intended listener this is when I assume that she was all stable and had normal hearing. Why 3 am as she may be out for call of nature I am sure you yourself know all the answers but not ready to listen to your concise
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May 15, 2017 08:48pm
@Indi rocks "The article itself raises so many questions like why face was covered? why she didn't stop when asked to? why at 3 am? where were PAk rangers?"
Most of the village women covers there faces. She didn't stop probably she was deaf and dumb and might be mentally disable...many believable reasons.
What she was doing at 3 am?, she might be calling the natures call, might be mentally challenged as written earlier. Pak rangers presence is less than Indian BSF, in absolute numbers...
Few weeks ago, I remember another Pakistani old man who was deaf and dumb was killed by Indian BSF...DAWN reported that.
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May 15, 2017 08:52pm
@Nomi Goraya there is a very serious possibility for the bsf to doubt so.
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May 15, 2017 08:53pm
@Nomi Goraya - Wow, Indian soldiers must calculate the age of veiled human that has ignored warnings across the border in a split second and then decide whether to shoot or not. What an expectation. RIP to the victim.
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May 15, 2017 09:01pm
@Khurram you stole my thought mate, exactly what I wanted to say.
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May 15, 2017 09:02pm
@Khurram you nailed it bro.
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May 15, 2017 09:05pm
@Nomi Goraya then talk when you know the answer to the last question.
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May 15, 2017 09:06pm
Soldiers did their bit by warning her, unless you think Indian soldiers to have complete biodata of all trespassers.
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May 15, 2017 09:07pm
@Nomi Goraya so BSF men are supposed to have complete knowledge about the trespassers, is it ?
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May 15, 2017 09:14pm
@Khurram Well a single human on enemy side was a potential danger as he did not reply to warnings and came so close to the might Indian army soldier even then the soldier could have aimed at he legs to make her immobile as the aim was to keep the danger at a bay. Why there was no choice left but to shot and kill her? It was not LOC it was border of Punjab and it was very clear that she was a single human being
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May 15, 2017 09:17pm
@Indi rocks nope there is a human way and then there is Indian way if during all the media frenzy and hype of surgical strikes a trespassing Indian soldier in uniform was not shot at sight rather arrested and returned back to India and he must be alive and well to read this all then how can you Indians can be so helpless that you were left with not choice but to shoot a human and that too at peaceful border of Punjab. Please talk some sense
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May 15, 2017 09:29pm
@Nomi Goraya i think you have not read news properly it was 3 am in morning it was dark she covered her face and they told they can't recognise she was whom
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May 15, 2017 09:33pm
@ankush agreed with your version for heaven sake answer me why Indian soldiers did not aim he legs to make her immobile? Why they shot and killed her please answer this ........
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May 15, 2017 09:34pm
When an Indian soldier with full gear allegedly trespassed into Pak territory during the fake surgical strikes, Pak army captured him and did not shoot him in cold blood although they could have and would have been justified. Contrast that with what the Indian soldiers did to this 60 year old woman. It's not just this woman, Indian soldiers have shot and killed a teenager under similar circumstances near Sialkot border and that happened in full daylight.
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May 15, 2017 09:36pm
Forces at the border have really gone Mad...!
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May 15, 2017 09:43pm
@Nomi Goraya We understand your emotion and pain, but hope you are also neutral enough to realize that LoC is a dangerous place and Indian soldiers cannot aim for legs etc in darkness. They saw someone coming this way and past militant experiences has taught them to not wait too long before shooting. Its sad that a life has been lost and I hope u r sad even when Indian lives are lost in similar border action.
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May 15, 2017 09:48pm
@SATT They were running away from our jawan's fire.....
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May 15, 2017 09:55pm
such shame, i am indian and i condemn this act
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May 15, 2017 09:55pm
@unmand hey could have fire warning shot.
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May 15, 2017 09:58pm
This is really sad if it's true. You can't kill an elderly woman.
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May 15, 2017 10:08pm
When so much tension exists on both sides it job of Rangers pk side to stop such person.
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May 15, 2017 10:15pm
Very sad. Don't understand what she was doing in that in 3:00 AM? If I were to be Indian Border security guard, I will shoot on anything that moves in that area. I am not sure how ell the area is lighted.
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May 15, 2017 10:19pm
@Nomi Goraya where were rangers ?
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May 15, 2017 10:20pm
@prasHantJain "Why she was crossing the border secondly when she was warned why she kept on moving and why Pakistan rangers allowed her to come near the border fencing strange and sad"
She was 60, and could have had hearing impairment, could have any other age related disease. Any ways, this is a cowardly act.
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May 15, 2017 10:21pm
@Pankaj "Why she was crossing border with covering face ?? "
I am surprised you are still trying to find justification. Rajisthani women, Kashmiri women, a good amount of them cover their face.
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May 15, 2017 10:25pm
It's sad to see that Indians are defending this unfortunate incident.....
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May 15, 2017 10:37pm
very sad, she should have been captured and sent back.
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May 15, 2017 11:02pm
There's just so much mistrust between the countries at this point. Both sides have their own versions of the same incident & nobody knows what's the truth. My question is: How can a 60 year old woman escape the soldiers on the Pakistani side of the LoC & cross the heavy fencing on both sides and what was her purpose in doing so at 3:00 AM?
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May 15, 2017 11:29pm
@prasHantJain
few months back, 2 Indian nationals crossed Pakistani border and apprehended by Pakistan border force, were handed over back to India after interrogating them ( found innocent)
the question is, why were they not stopped by Indian forces while crossing border?
innocent woman was shot dead there was nothing that she was possessing.
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May 15, 2017 11:30pm
When a person is roaming so close to the border at those hours, what can you expect? The loss of life is regrettable, but so is the foolishness of someone doing those kind of things. There is little point in trying to blame the Indian side. They are trained to shoot under that kind of situation.
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May 16, 2017 12:00am
@lafanga did he cross at 3:00 AM in the night? Use brains.
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May 16, 2017 12:04am
@SATT it's a very long border and humanly impossible to guard every inch, there are many villages close to border on both sides and they are allowed for farming as well.
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May 16, 2017 12:36am
@SATT some people think that every millimetre of the border is watched 24/7 and is impermeable. That is not the case at any border.
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May 16, 2017 12:46am
@xyz -indian perhaps you do not know that in and around border area, people do cross accidently as there is no physical line there to show which land is belonging to which country. Any villager, as there a number of villages around the border area on both sides of the border, can roam into another country without realizing he or she is in a enemy territory.
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May 16, 2017 01:19am
@Nomi Goraya Self praising do nothing but make you more ignorant, where is the bravery in this saga?
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May 16, 2017 02:25am
@Nomi Goraya : I find your desperate attempt to paint BSF in a different light with no common sense applied possibly for your own convenient reasons. Indians are not intruding through your borders as it is from your side. BSF is trained to guard the nation and we have innumerable examples of terrorists intruding our land and killing civilians from Pakistan. You better ask your rangers what were they doing when a woman was happily trying to cross the border under their own very nose. Sleeping? If not, this is complicity and something sinister.
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May 16, 2017 02:35am
Let the family of this 60 year old lady come to ICJ and ask for UN and ICJ involvement in resolving kashmir.
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May 16, 2017 03:16am
What a bunch of sad cowards
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May 16, 2017 03:20am
@unmand there is a protocol for such accidnentl crossings. read it up.
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May 16, 2017 04:38am
Wow ! bravo ! This is the bravery of the Indian soldiers.
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May 16, 2017 04:39am
@prasHantJain, she could have been poor on hearing.
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May 16, 2017 04:42am
@Breznev, they are not performed by our professional soldiers. By the way that has nothing to do with the subject.
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May 16, 2017 05:31am
It's surprising to see the audacity with which Indians are defending this act. Like other people have said above, since she was already so close and the aim was to immobilize her, why was killing her necessary? Wouldn't bullet to the leg would be sufficient? Humanity is lost again today.
Thank you Nomi Goraya for your tireless defense against this shameful act.
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May 16, 2017 06:45am
Just one word. Cowards
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May 16, 2017 06:49am
@Nomi Goraya you are just excusing..mo proper answer.
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May 16, 2017 07:37am
@Nomi Goraya if she is women then why she translates at 3 am in morning to border why she cross the border
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May 16, 2017 07:51am
@Nomi Goraya
Well the question is how would you recognize what is that somewhere in darkness . What were the Pak patroling forces doing ? werent they aware of a very audible and loud warning given by BSF.
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May 16, 2017 09:29am
@Nomi Goraya it is very sad but it is up to the border protectors to control the movement from Pakistan they should have asked her not to go towards Indian side. Indian soldiers did what they have to do to protect unauthorised entry. I think Pakistan side would have done the same thing. Proper walls needs to be build on the borders.
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May 16, 2017 11:27am
@anwaar Indian soldiers also returned Pakistani Nationals who crossed the border inadvertently. Here it was difficult to identified the person who tried to cross the border at wee hours and after repeated warnings to go back. Soldiers are meant to protect the border, they just did what they ought to do.
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May 16, 2017 01:05pm
@Indian: Seriously!?? I can't understand why we (Indians and Pakistanis) never give up a single opportunity to argue. No one's fault, RIP the poor soul!
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May 16, 2017 03:20pm
so Pak Rangers allowed her to enter? why? if she was innocent, sorry from india.
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May 16, 2017 04:43pm
It is a very sad and tragic incident this border is dangerous for even the birds.
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May 16, 2017 05:20pm
Why was she walking out side near international border at 3am in the morning.
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