BSF jawan killed in Pak firing in Jammu’s Arnia
Constable hailed from Balia district of Uttar Pradesh
JAMMU: A BSF trooper was killed and a civilian injured on Friday after Pakistani troopers resorted to firing on Indian posts along the international border in J&K. BSF constable Bajinder Bahadur of Uttar Pradesh succumbed while being shifted to a hospital.
JAMMU: A BSF jawan died and a civilian was injured after Pakistani Rangers first fired a sniper shot and then opened heavy fire and shot mortars on Indian posts along the 198-km-long international border in Arnia sector of RS Pura in Jammu district on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
The heavy exchange lasted till Friday morning.
The slain jawan has been identified as constable Brijendra Bahadur Singh, a native of Balia district in Uttar Pradesh and the injured civilian as Ajay Kumar, 37, of Suhagpur Powal village.
BSF Jammu Frontier DIG Dharmender Pareekh said, “At about 12.20 am, constable Brijendra Bahadur Singh, who was on duty at forward point along the fence, was fired upon from Pakistani side and suffered a bullet injury.”
The bullet hit him on the left side of abdomen and as a result he died during evacuation, Pareekh said. The jawan hailed from Vidya Bhawan Naraypur village in Balia district of UP.
The 32-year-old soldier is survived by his parents and wife.
Pareekh said intermittent fire continued from both sides since midnight. BSF Jammu Frontier IG Ram Awtar told Hindustan Times that on Thursday BSF retaliated in Pargwal sector of Akhnoor sub-division in Jammu district and killed two Pakistan Rangers.
According to reports, a Pakistani civilian was also killed in the skirmishes. Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliatory action by the BSF on Thursday, a day after three Indian jawans were injured in unprovoked firing and shelling by Pakistani troops along the international border (IB) and the LoC in Jammu and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir.