Ganganagar: India's western border with Pakistan in Rajasthan is now a huge cause of concern for security agencies.
In the past fortnight, four intrusion attempts have been foiled by the BSF and what has alarmed officials is that one intruder was caught with eight active mobile SIM cards.
Security agencies suspect that this border too could now be used as a conduit to support and spread terrorism in the country.
Zulfikar Ali from the Punjab province in Pakistan was caught in Gananagar district by the BSF while illegally trying to cross the border. The manner in which Zulfikar was carrying eight active sim cards on his person doubled the security agency's troubles.
Zulfikar is currently in BSF custody and is being interrogated but what is frightening is that the 312 km border with Pakistan in Rajasthan's Ganganagar district has now begun to witness increased attempts at infiltration.
Two weeks ago, two intruders were shot down in Ganganagar when they tried to cross over illegally. On April 3, there was another infiltration attempt.
In all three cases, the Pakistan rangers refused to accept the bodies of the infiltrators.
"It seems Pakistan is doing this intentionally and they have some ulterior motive. They want to harm India in some way because this is happening every week," feels Chaitram Chouhan, DIG, BSF.
Rajasthan has a 1000 km long border with Pakistan, all of which is now fenced. It stretches over four districts of Jaislamer, Barmer, Bikaner and Sri Ganganagar.
The Ganganagar border, however, is especially sensitive because it borders the Punjab province in Pakistan where extremist elements are more active.
With an enhanced security threat during the election season, security along this border is now a serious cause of trepidation.