Pak firing at LoC in 2 J&K districts

Jammu: Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice on Sunday by firing on forward posts across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Kupwara districts forcing the Army to retaliate, officials said, adding that the Army retaliated strongly.

Jammu, Sept. 3: Pakistani troops on Sunday violated ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Kupwara districts forcing the Army to retaliate, officials said.

“The Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and mortars from 0850 hours to 1000 hours in the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch along the LoC,” a defence spokesman said.

The Army retaliated strongly and effectively to the provocation, he said.

In north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Pakistani forces began firing upon Indian posts at midnight and the violation continued till Sunday morning, an official said.

“The Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts along the LoC in Karnah

In north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Pakistani forces began firing upon Indian posts at midnight

sector in Kupwara,” an Army official said.

The firing was effectively retaliated by the troops, he added.

Earlier, on September 1, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Kamaljit Singh of the Border Security Force (BSF) sustained bullet injuries due to enemy fire from across the LoC at a forward post in Krishna Ghati Sector, an officer said.

He was provided first aid and evacuated from the post but unfortunately succumbed to the injuries, he said.

Before that, on August 30, Pakistani troops resorted to firing and shelling in the Nowshera sector, targeting forward posts and civilian areas.