The attack was launched along the Jammu border in response to a sniper attack on

one of the BSF personnel.

The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Friday that it had killed one militant a
nd seven Pakistan Rangers personnel along the Jammu border in response to a snip
er attack on one of its personnel.
In a befitting reply to a sniper attack by Pakistan Rangers in Hiranagar sector o
f Jammu, BSF launched an aggressive offensive. During intermittent firing of sma
ll arms and area weapon one militant and seven Rangers were shot dead, a BSF stat
ement said.
The statement further said, During the intervening night of October 19-20, BSF tr
oops foiled an audacious infiltration bid in village Bobiyan in Hiranagar. One t
errorist was killed then.
BSF said that on Friday, Pakistan Rangers targeted the same area along Internati
onal Boundary on Friday and one BSF trooper Constable Gurnam Singh received bull
et injury. He was evacuated with the cover fire to Government Medical College in
Jammu. His condition is critical, a BSF official said.