BSF jawan seriously injured in IED blast in Punjab, alert issued in surrounding areas

A senior BSF officer based in Punjab said that there have been cross-border drone attacks in the Gurdaspur area before but the IED case is definitely new.

Punjab IED Blast: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was seriously injured in an 'Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast' near the security fence on the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab on Wednesday (April 9, 2025). This is the first case of use of such dangerous explosives with the intention of killing or injuring someone at this place.

The incident took place near Dorangala village in Gurdaspur district on the intervening night of April 8-9. The BSF has issued an alert in 553 km of this border in Punjab and has banned farming around the blast area. BSF sources said that after the completion of technical and forensic investigation, the BSF will take up the matter and issue a strong protest letter to Pakistan Rangers across the border.

One BSF jawan injured

Officials said that a BSF team was patrolling near the border security fence at night and found several IEDs with wires hidden in the Indian territory. According to preliminary information, about two IEDs were found here. The statement said that during the cordoning, investigation and search of the area, some IED explosive devices accidentally exploded due to which a BSF jawan suffered serious injury in his leg.

Sources said that a constable rank jawan suffered injuries in his leg and lost one of his toes due to the explosion. BSF said that despite the risks, the jawans continued their operation and successfully secured the area. The other remaining IEDs were defused.

BSF issued alertA senior BSF officer based in Punjab said that there have been drone attacks from across the border in Gurdaspur area earlier as well, in which illegal drugs have been brought from Pakistan but the case of IED is definitely new. He said that officers of BSF's Punjab Frontier Headquarters in Jalandhar have reached the spot and are reviewing the security. An alert has also been issued.

'IEDs have never been used before'The officer said, "This is the first time that an IED attack has taken place in this area or anywhere on the Punjab border or in the entire 2,289 km stretch of the international border." Another BSF officer said that during the wars of 1965 and 1971 and during 'Operation Parakram' when India sent its security forces to the Pakistan border after the attack on Parliament in 2001, both the Indian and Pakistani armies had laid landmines. These landmines were marked and defused but IEDs were never used.

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