KASHMIR-CEASEFIRE 2 LAST

KASHMIR-CEASEFIRE 2 LAST

BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 07:27 PM IST
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Jammu: Pakistani troops had fired at Indian posts along LoC in Hamirpur and Balakote forward areas in Mendhar sub-sector of Poonch district at 9.20 PM last night. The firing continued till 6 AM today, Defence Spokesman S N Acharya said.

Pakistani Rangers had also fired small arms on Kothay Border Out Post along IB in Samba district at 1930 hoursyesterday, a BSF officer said. On August 12, Pakistani troops had opened heavy fire using mortars, rockets and small arms on 11 Indian forward posts along the LoC in Digwar, Mankote and Durga Battalion areas.

On August 11, a BSF jawan was injured in Pakistani firing at Alfa Machial forward Posts along Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu. Pakistani troops had targeted several Indian Posts by firing 7000 rounds of heavy ammunition and mortar shells in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on August 10.

On August 5, Head Constable BSF Ram Niwas Meena of 200th Battalion was injured in sniper firing on Narainpur BoP area in Samba district. Meena, who suffered bullet injury in Chest, died in AIIMS in New Delhi on August 11.

On August six, a group of 20 heavily armed men led by Pakistani troops had entered 450 metres into the Indian territory in the Poonch sector and ambushed a patrol killing five Indian soldiers.

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