‘The Josh Was High, The Guns Were Ready’: BSF’s Neha Bhandari Recounts Fiery Night During Operation Sindoor

Jammu: The International Border (IB) was once anxious; the night time was once lengthy; however the josh (morale) was once off the charts. Border Security Force (BSF) Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari stood resolute and company at the frontline – no longer as an observer however as a commanding officer.

“The josh was high…,” she stated, whilst recalling the depth and morale of infantrymen all the way through Operation Sindoor. The challenge of her corporate was once to forestall all conceivable makes an attempt of infiltration and hit again arduous to protected the IB.

While commanding a ahead put up alongside the IB all the way through India’s counter offensive of Pakistan’s aggression, she carried out her responsibility properly and ensured protection of her nation’s territory.

“I was commanding a company deployed at the IB during Operation Sindoor at IB. We were tasked with foiling any infiltration attempt. We gave a fitting reply to Pakistan and fulfilled the responsibility were given,” stated Bhandari.

Her staff strongly replied to the Pakistani aggression through the use of prime and flat trajectory guns.

It was once no longer most effective males this time. BSF girls infantrymen have been within the thick of it. “They carried out their duties shoulder-to-shoulder,” she stated.

With metal get to the bottom of, hearth energy and bunkers, the BSF held the road. Highlighting the preparedness of the pressure, Bhandari stated that the BSF has well-fortified positions alongside the border to reply successfully to any risk.

BSF DIG (Sector Sunderbani) Virender Dutta too addressed the media on the Frontier Headquarters in Jammu these days and published that his sector witnessed heaviest shelling at the intervening night time of May 8-9 all the way through the operation, however the BSF destroyed two distinguished Pakistani launchpads.

“Without wasting time, we planned and destroyed the Luni launchpad in the night. The launch pad, which was being used by the Pakistan Army, has not been occupied for 20 days, which shows that it has been destroyed. Similarly, there is no movement in Luni as well,” he mentioned.

He stated the Pakistani facet used 120 heavy mortars, however the BSF retaliated and inflicted vital harm. To counter drone threats, he stated, Air Defence (AD) weapons have been deployed and civilians have been alerted to handle protection.

“Ours was the only sector that led to heavy losses for them, and they used 120 heavy mortars, but we also replied accordingly. For drones, we placed the AD guns and also warned the people to stay safe,” he added.

Dutta additionally issued a robust caution, “If they (Pakistan) repeat this mistake again, then they will get beaten up even badly.”

BSF DIG SS Mand equipped additional main points, including that real-time intelligence was once won about terrorist actions. The BSF replied through launching bomb assaults on launchpads and a cemetery used as a hideout.

“We got to know about the movement of the terrorists, we took a call and attacked with bombs. They had one launchpad, and we received real-time input about their location at a cemetery. We attacked there also,” he stated.

Mand added that in line with intercepted knowledge, there have been 7-12 casualties within the enemy camp, despite the fact that affirmation is hard because of limited media get right of entry to around the border.

BSF DIG, RS Pura Sector, Chiter Pal commented at the April 22 Pahalgam assault, the place 26 civilians have been killed, describing the ensuing nationwide temper as certainly one of grief and resolution.

“In Pahalgam, when the terrorists murdered our 26 innocent civilians, there was a feeling of sorrow and revenge in the nation. We received intelligence regarding Pakistan having an idea that such a revenge would be launched on our side, so they started moving the armed cars. But when Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7, it was confirmed that they would also show some movement,” he stated.

He added that firing started on May 9 in his sector, escalating regularly, however the BSF silenced all enemy posts with a skilled and coordinated reaction.

“In my area, they fired on the night of May 9. First, they fired from limited posts, but slowly they opened fire on all the posts in my sector. Our troops were trained to retaliate against the firing, and their (Pakistan’s) posts were silenced,” Pal famous.

Launched based on the Pahalgam terror assault, Operation Sindoor has to this point resulted within the removing of greater than 100 terrorists from Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. The operation additionally concerned India’s moves on 11 Pakistani airbases, harmful radar, verbal exchange and logistics infrastructure.

The Indian offensive was once adopted through cross-border shelling, drone threats and sooner or later a ceasefire figuring out introduced on May 10 between India and Pakistan.