Tension grips J-K’s Arnia sector as 2 BSF jawans injured in ceasefire violation
A BSF spokesman said constables Alok Saha (44) and Sujeet Biswas (35) of 120 Battalion were injured in the incident.
A BSF spokesman said constables Alok Saha (44) and Sujeet Biswas (35) of 120 Battalion were injured in the incident.
One terrorist was killed after an infiltration bid was foiled at the Line of Control (LoC) in the Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, sources said on Friday.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs data, while there were 2,140 ceasefire violations in 2018, in 2020 it almost doubled to 5,133
65-year-old Mohammad Sadiq of Tain Mankote in Poonch district succumbed to critical injuries sustained in Pakistan shelling. Two civilians have been killed and six injured in Friday's flare up on the LoC, according to officials.
Meanwhile, three terrorists were killed in an encounter at Amshipora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district early today morning.
The soldier was manning a forward post in Kalsia village of Nowshera sector which came under unprovoked firing from across the border in the early hours of the day.
Pakistani troops for past 4 days have been raining mortars in civilian areas of Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and the Indian Army was retaliating strongly.
All educational institutions continued to remain closed within 5 km distance from the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts.
Pakistan on Tuesday violated the ceasefire at the LoC in Jammu-Kashmir hours after Indian Air Force fighter jets bombed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist camps in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Indian forces gave a befitting response to the violation.
Army spokesman said that at about 9.45 am, unprovoked firing was initiated by Pakistan in which one Army Soldier was shot by a Sniper.
