Cross-border firing: A BSF personnel was injured in unprovoked firing from Pakistan along the International Border (IB) in the Akhnoor area of Jammu district in the early hours of Wednesday, said officials. The BSF troops retaliated effectively against the unprovoked firing from across the border, but the number of casualties on the Pakistani side was not immediately available.
As per the officials, the troops are on high alert and keeping a strict vigil all along the International Border and Line of Control. "On 11 September at about 02:35 am, an incident of unprovoked firing in the Akhnoor area from across the border happened which was befittingly responded to by the BSF. One BSF personnel sustained injuries in Pak firing; Troops are on high alert," said PRO BSF Jammu.
Pakistan violates ceasefire
The ceasefire violations between India and Pakistan have been rare since the renewal of their ceasefire agreement on February 25, 2021. Last year, a BSF jawan was killed in Pakistan Rangers firing in the Ramgarh sector, the first loss of life on the Indian side in more than three years.
The latest incident, involving unprovoked firing and retaliation by the BSF, occurs just days before the first phase of the three-phase assembly elections on September 18. The subsequent phases are scheduled for September 25 and October 1.
Pakistani terrorists killed in anti-infiltration operation
Earlier, two Pakistani terrorists were killed in an anti-infiltration operation launched on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday in the general area of Lam in Nowshera town along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, said Indian Army officials.
Based on intelligence inputs and information from the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) about a potential infiltration attempt, the Indian Army launched the operation. The security forces also recovered a large quantity of war-like stores. "Two terrorists have been neutralised and a large quantity of war-like stores including two AK-47s and one Pistol thus far recovered. The search operation is in progress," the Indian Army said in an X post.
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