BSF jawan injured after Pak targets foward J&K posts

JAMMU: A BSF jawan was injured as the Pakistani Army targeted forward posts and villages in Kathua and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir with mortar shells and small arms fire, officials said on Tuesday.

Constable Abishek Roy received splinter injuries when a mortar shell exploded near his post at Manyari in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district late Monday, the officials said. They said the Pakistani Army opened fire and lobbed shells in the sector at 8.15 pm, prompting effective retaliation by BSF personnel guarding the IB. The exchange of fire between the two sides continued till 3.25 am Tuesday, the officials said, adding the jawan, who was injured around 11.35 pm, was brought to a medical college here for specialised treatment and his condition is stated to be “stable”.

A defence spokesman said the Pakistan Army also targeted forward posts and villages with mortar shells and small arms firing in Shahpur and Kirni sectors along the LOC in Poonch district. “Today at about 0745 hours, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms and shelling with mortars in Shahpur and Kirni sectors. The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly”, the spokesman said.

BODY OF UNIDENTIFIED TERRORIST FOUND Security forces on Tuesday found the body of an unidentified terrorist in the forest area of Kangan in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of ultras killed in the four-day-old operation to two.