BSF officer from Manipur martyred at LoC in unprovoked shelling by Pakistan army
BSF retaliated strongly and effectively on Pakistan Army posts.
BSF retaliated strongly and effectively on Pakistan Army posts.
Meanwhile, the ISPR wing of the Pakistan Army said that a civilian, Ansar (33) was killed in the Bagsar Sector in PoJK due to retaliation of the Indian Army.
A defence spokesperson said Pakistan initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars at around 2 am.
The firing and shelling from across the border in Poonch district's Mankote and Mendhar sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) started at 6 am, defence spokesperson said.
The incident started at around 7pm on Thursday at Nangi Tekri in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district.
The aggression by Pakistani forces has increased since the Indian government abrogated Article 370 ending Jammu and Kashmir's special status.
Army's spokesman Lt Colonel Devender Anand said that at about 12.45 pm today Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms and shelling with mortars along the LoC in Shahpur Sector.
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.
Two hundred individual bunkers will be constructed in each of the two districts.
The police identified the injured man as Mohammad Misri (60), a resident of Lam village of Nowshera near the LoC.
