BSF JAWAN KILLED ON B’DAY IN SAMBA
A Border Security Force jawan was killed on his birthday by a Pakistani sniper in firing at the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba sector.
HAVALDAR RP HAZARE, 51, WHO HAILED FROM MURSHIDABAD IN WEST BENGAL WAS DEPLOYED AT CHAK DULMA POST IN HIRANAGAR WHEN AROUND 4.15 PM, A PAKISTANI SNIPER HIT HIM, BSF SOURCES SAID
JAMMU: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed in sniper fire from across the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, triggering a heavy gun fight between India and Pakistan.
The deceased has been identified as havaldar RP Hazare, 51, from Murshidabad in West Bengal. He was posted with the 173rd battalion.
BSF sources said he was hit by a sniper fire right above his umbilical root.
Soon after the incident, he was rushed to district hospital in Samba where he succumbed to his injuries.
The paramilitary personnel was deployed at Chak Dulma post in Hiranagar subsector of Samba district and around 4.15 pm, a Pakistani sniper hit him.
“After the unwarranted, unprovoked and inhuman act of the Pakistani sniper, BSF opened heavy fire on Pakistani posts opposite Chak Dulma and heavy exchange of fire is still on,” said a police officer.
Sources said the slain BSF jawan incidentally had his birthday on Wednesday.
BSF Jammu Frontier inspector general Ram Awtar told Hindustan Times, “As of now heavy firing from all weapons including mortars are on in the area.”
Last year, Pakistan left defied ceasefire with over 882 ceasefire violations along the LOC in Jammu and Kashmir.
Thirty persons — 14 Army personnel, 12 civilians and four BSF personnel — were killed in such incidents. A total of 79 civilians and 67 security personnel were also injured in the firing.
The mutually brokered truce deal had been inked by the two nuke countries along the International Border, Line of Control and Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir in November 2003.
On December 31 last year, Pak sniper had shot dead a young Indian army soldier Jagsir Singh along the LOC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on Sunday morning.