Deployed along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu, Hazra was killed in unprovoked firing by Pak troops, BSF officers said in an official statement.
Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Rajouri and Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today, killing an Army jawan.
The Indian troops guarding the Line of Control (LoC) retaliated the firing but there was no immediate report of any casualty, the official said.
The incident comes two days after Pakistan killed four Indian Army officials ceasefire violation in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Major Moharkar Prafulla Ambadas of Maharashtra, Lance Naik Gurmail Singh and Lance Naik Kuldeep Singh of Punjab, and Sepoy Pargat Singh of Haryana were killed in a cross-border firing by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Keri sector.
As many as 12 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed in the firing from across the border till October, a Home Ministry official said quoting the data.
Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire for three consecutive days between November 15 and November 17 in Jammu and Poonch districts.
The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions at five places on the LoC.
Army troops guarding the border retaliated and an exchange of fire between the two sides was underway when the last reports were received, the police said.
Earlier this month, a Home Ministry official had said that Pakistani troops targeted Indian territories more than 600 times till September 30.
The injured included three labourers and a woman in the Mankote area, a police officer said.
Using mortars, automatics and small arms they targeted Indian positions, including civilian facilities in Karmara area, police sources said.
Pakistan today summoned India's deputy high commissioner over the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC)
The boy, identified as Asrar Ahmad, was killed as the Pakistani troopers began shelling and firing in the Kerni area at 6.30 a.m.
Pakistan's Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement that Indian forces resorted to firing in Kotli/Nikial Sector, which killed a 22-year-old man in Balakot village and injured four people, including three women.
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