Pak’s arc of fire from IB to LoC
The present flare-up between the two neighbours along the International Border (IB), which has now stretched up to the Line of Control (LoC), can be attributed to a sniping incident from January 3
A chronology of skirmishes that led to the present flare-up
Jan 3, 2018: BSF Havaldar RP Hazra, 51, killed in a sniper attack at Chak Dulma post in Hiranagar sub-sector
Intervening night of Jan 3 and Jan 4: BSF destroyed three Pak posts
in Samba sector and killed a Pak intruder in adjoining RS Pura sector Jan 5: Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy gunfire in Poonch district
Jan 6: BSF hands over body of Pakistani intruder killed on Jan 4. Octroi border outpost in Suchetgarh area of RS Pura sector Jan 13: Pakistan Army open fire on Indian Army posts in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri, killing Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane
Jan 15: Indian army kills seven Pakistani soldiers, including a Major, in Jandrot area of PoK across the LoC in Poonch
Intervening night of Jan 17 and Jan 18: BSF head constable A Suresh
Kumar killed in Arnia
Jan 18: 17-year-old Neelam killed in a field near Pindi Charakan village, Arnia sub-sector of RS Pura sector in Jammu
Text: Ravi Krishnan Khajuria