Jammu, July 29: High level teams of Army and Border Security Force today visited the forward area of Samba district, where a 400 meter long tunnel was unearthed along the Indo-Pak border, the other day.
 Official sources said that the BSF has cordoned off the entire area and no civilian was being allowed to move towards the spot, where the tunnel was found. Teams of army and BSF officials Sunday reached the spot to take stock of the situation, they said adding that another team of BSF officials from New Delhi was expected to arrive on Monday.
 They said that police has also initiated a probe in this regard and Inspector General of Police Jammu Dilbag Singh personally visited the place.
 Meanwhile, operation to dig open the tunnel was in full swing and BSF has pressed heavy machinery in service.
 BSF troops are using more dozers and men to find out the origin of the tunnel towards the Indo-Pak border. "The operation is going on in full swing. More dozers and men are working uncover the tunnel into India from Pakistan. It will take some time to dug the entire tunnel," a senior BSF officer said.
 A team of senior officers from New Delhi will visit the spot to have a look at the cross-border tunnel. "We have not raised the issue of detection of tunnel with our counterparts - Pakistan Rangers so far," he said adding, let this operation complete.
 Authorities had yesterday detected the 400-meter tunnel into India from Pakistan along Indo-Pak Border in Samba district.
 The tunnel was detected after an area caved in a straight line at two three places due to rains near Chillayari Border Out Post (BoP) of BSF along International Border (IB) in Samba sector. The secret tunnel was discovered accidentally by a farmer of Chachwal village.

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