Indian driver rams vehicle into barrier at Wagah border, arrested

The incident took place around 4;00pm, when the driver not only crossed all checking barriers on Indian side but he also reached at “Zero Point” between Pakistan and India.

During the initial investigation, the Canadian national reportedly told investigators that he wanted to pay homage at Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak, in Pakistani Punjab.

The BSF and police sources said that the NRI appeared drunk. BSF has handed him over to police however the motive of Kang is yet to be known by the security agencies.

The police officer said Singh had been booked for attempted murder under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code and other provisions of the law for trying to cross the border without a valid visa or other documents. Kang had arrived in India from Surrey in Canada a day before the Sarbat Khalsa near Amritsar, but didn’t attend the religious gathering. “All gates were closed at that time”.

They believe that Indian forces’ unprovoked shelling over past few months on Pakistani Working Boundary in the areas of district Sialkot was actually to assess the depth, response and sustaining capacity of our forces as part of a plan to launch a small scale incursion. Incidentally, on Sunday the BSF had claimed that it has beefed up security in the region owing to the terror attacks in Paris.

Media reported said that an Indian citizen rammed his jeep into the gate at the Wagah border, damaging the gate and also “partly affecting the Pakistani gate”. The vehicle was confiscated by Pakistan Rangers but later returned to the Indian officials following a request from the BSF. Border Security Force (BSF) inspector general (frontier) Anil Paliwal told TOI Kang smashed into the Pakistani gate at 3.50am.

The SUV bears a Chandigarh registration plate (CH 03 U 1685), Kataria said.