ARMY JAWAN KILLED IN PAK SHELLING

JAMMU:An Army jawan was killed and two others injured when Pakistani troops opened fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.

The soldier is the third Army personnel to die in Pakistani firing on forward posts this month.

JAMMU: An Army jawan was killed and two others injured when Pakistani troops opened fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.

The soldier is the third Army personnel to die in Pakistani firing on forward posts this month.

Ramesh Kumar Angral, the senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Poonch, said 29-year-old sepoy Lungambui Abonmei died in the shelling and sepoys Lienkhothien Senghon and Tangsoik Kwianiungar were injured, Angral said. The injured soldiers have been airlifted to the Command Hospital in Udhampur for treatment, he added.

All the three soldiers were from the 10th Battalion of Assam Regiment.

Lt Col Devender Anand, the defence spokesperson, said that the Pakistani army resorted to an unprovoked ceasefire violation on LoC in Poonch sector on Saturday night.

“Our troops responded strongly to the enemy fire. In the incident, Sepoy Lungambui Abonmei was critically injured and later succumbed to his injuries,” Anand said.

“Sepoy Lungambui Abonmei was a brave, highly motivated and sincere soldier. The nation will always remain indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty,” he added.