Army foils infiltration bid as Pak troops violate ceasefire along LoC in Poonch
India | February 18, 2018 23:28 ISTThe alert troops deployed at the border detected the movement and engaged the infiltrators with effective automatic fire.
The alert troops deployed at the border detected the movement and engaged the infiltrators with effective automatic fire.
"There was a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army. They resorted to firing along the LoC in Chakan Da Bagh area in Poonch this evening," a security force official said.
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.
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.
A day after terror attack on BSF camp near Srinagar airport that killed one Indian jawan, Pak again violated ceasefire in J&K's Poonch district with heavy shelling and firing at 3 places along LoC.
The year 2017 has seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces. Till August 1, there were 285 such violations by the Pakistan Army.
A senior BSF officer said the Pakistani army violated the ceasefire and targeted a jawan of the border guarding force, who was on duty at a post along the LoC, with sniper fire.
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