Pak forces enter Indian villages, lift BSF man
BALURGHAT AUG. 20– The Pakistani forces intruded into Chakshyam and Chakhurga villages within India bordering Balurghat police station and started unprovoked heavy machine gun and mortar fires continuously for two hours on Wednesday morning. A group of BSF personnel reached Chakshyam to drive away the Pak intruders but retreated being in an awkward position. The Pak forces killed a villager at Chakshyam and lifted away a BSF man from there.
About 10,000 persons left the village and came to Balurghat town for shelter.
Curfew has been clamped down here for 36 hours on Monday night following the murder of an ASI of police in the town.
Reference: Hindustan Standard 21.8.1971