Pak firing claims one more life in Jammu and Kashmir
India | October 21, 2017 15:46 ISTEarlier this month, a Home Ministry official had said that Pakistani troops targeted Indian territories more than 600 times till September 30.
Earlier this month, a Home Ministry official had said that Pakistani troops targeted Indian territories more than 600 times till September 30.
India shares a 3,323-km-long border with Pakistan of which 221 km of the IB and 740 km of the LOC fall in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Army on Monday foiled two infiltration bids along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, killing five terrorists, officials said
Pakistan today summoned India's deputy high commissioner over the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC)
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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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2017 has seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan. Till August 1, there were 285 of such violations by the Pakistan Army, while in 2016, the number was significantly less at 228 for the entire year.
Defence Ministry spokesman, Lt Col Manish Mehta said that Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked, indiscriminate ceasefire violation in Mendhar sector at 5.30 a.m.
According to the sources, Pakistan army violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovked firing across the LoC in Chhamb sector at 6.05 p.m.
Lance Naik Mohammed Naseer, 35-year-old from border district of Poonch in J&K, was hit during the firing and shelling by the Pakistani troops on the Indian forward posts.
Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh was summoned over the alleged firing by Indian forces in Chirikot and Satwal sectors, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a statement.
There have been 20 ceasefire violations along the LoC and the International Border in Jammu region so far in June.
This was the second ceasefire violation by Pakistan in the past 24 hours.
Earlier in the day, security forces gunned down two Hizbul Mujahideen militants in an encounter in an area of north Kashmir and cornered two more in another part of the Valley hours later.
Guns have been silent along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir for the last 24 hours even as the number of border residents fleeing their homes for relief camps to escape Pakistani firing has gone up to 3,361
While interacting with troops, the army chief appreciated their state of operational readiness.
The Indian Army said on Saturday it has killed 13 militants during last 96 hours as it foiled multiple infiltration bids on the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
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