LAKHIMPUR KHERI (UP): Nine SSB jawans and few civilians were today injured in a cross-border stone pelting incident along the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh and authorities said the situation was still “tense”.
Paramilitary and local police personnel fired a teargas shell to disperse the mob which had gathered around the no man’s land in Basahi village in Sampurnanagar area here following a dispute over some construction work.
“Nepalese citizens pelted stones after SSB jawans deployed at the location objected to permanent construction work on a disputed land near pillar No 200,” SSB Commandant Dilbag Singh said.
He added that the injuries were not serious.
Meawhile, senior Sashastra Seema Bal officials at the forces’ headquarters in Delhi said the issue pertains to a joint survey being undertaken by the two sides to erect the “missing” pillar no 200 at the IB here.
They denied media reports that there was firing by the force personnel. (AGENCIES)
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