BSF jawan injured as Pakistan again violates ceasefire

JAMMU (TIP): Pakistani troops on Friday violated the ceasefire by firing mortars along the International Border in Jammu district, leaving a BSF jawan injured.

BSF troops posted along the border retaliated. This is second ceasefire violation along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir in as many days.

“Pakistani Rangers fired a few bullets warning troops working ahead of the fence in Arnia area in Jammu. Our troops retaliated with a few rounds of fire this morning,” a senior BSF officer said. “They also fired mortar shells. Some exchange of mortar shells also took place,” he said.

A BSF jawan suffered minor injuries, he said. Pakistani troops had on Thursday shelled civilian areas near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, killing a woman and injuring her husband and provoking retaliation by the Indian Army in which two Pakistani soldiers were injured.

In the wake of the Pakistani action in Naushera tehsil of Rajouri district, the schools in the area were closed down and an evacuation plan was activated under which over 1,200 people from various border hamlets are being shifted to safer places. Source: PTI