Jammu: It seems that Pakistani soldiers are not in the mood to follow the rules of ceasefire. Increasing the tension of border, Pakistani soldiers had violated the ceasefire for the fifth time in the last three days by targeting forward Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch district with mortar shells, rockets and small arms firing on Monday.
Indian soldiers, who were guarding the borderline, took positions and retaliated resulting in heavy exchanges.
Defence spokesperson S N Acharya today said, “Pakistan troops opened heavy firing with small arms, mortar shells and rockets on Indian forward posts along LoC in Poonch and Durga Battalion areas around 0150 hours.”
Acharya said that the firing took place from 0150 hours till 0600 hours. Acharya also said that there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the Pakistani firing.
Pakistani troops fired at 11 posts in Digwar, Mankote and Durga Battalion areas along the LoC in Poonch.
He said, Pakistani soldiers had fired at Durga Battalion area with small arms firing and mortars along LoC in Poonch around 9:50 PM last night. The firing continued for three hours and Army troops from this side retaliated.
Army officials committed that Pakistan troops had also opened small arms firing at Indian posts in Balakote-Mendhar forward belt of Poonch district around 1130 hours yesterday, adding that Indian troops fired back resulting in exchanges for four hours.
A BSF jawan was injured in Pakistani firing at a forward Posts along the Indo-Pakistan border at around 08:30 AM yesterday.
A senior BSF officer said, “There was sniper firing from Pakistani side along the international border (IB) on three posts including Alfa Machial Border Out Post (BOP) area in Kanachak belt of Jammu district”.
In the firing, BSF Jawan Pawan Kumar received bullet injuries in his chest and legs. The jawan has been paralyzed as the bullet pierced his spinal cord, doctors at GMC hospital said, adding that he has been referred to the AIIMS in the national capital.
On Saturday last, Pakistani troops had targeted several Indian Posts by firing 7000 rounds of ammunition and mortar shells along LoC in Poonch district.
Earlier, Head Constable BSF Ram Niwas Meena of 200th Battalion was injured in snipper firing on Narainpur BoP area in Samba district along IB on August 5. Meena succumbed to his injuries yesterday
On August 6, a group of 20 heavily armed men led by Pakistani troops had entered 450 metres into the Indian territory in the Poonch sector and ambushed a patrol killing five Indian soldiers.
Bureau Report
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