Ceasefire violation for 5th time in 3 days, POONCH, Aug 12: Escalating border tension, Pakistani troops today violated the ceasefire for the fifth time in the last three days by targeting forward Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch district with mortar shells, rockets and small arms firing. Indian troops, guarding the borderline, took positions and retaliated resulting in heavy exchanges. "Pakistan troops opened heavy firing with small arms, mortar shells and rockets on Indian forward posts along LoC in Poonch and Durga Battalion areas around 0150 hours", Defence Spokesman S N Acharya said today. "It was yet another ceasefire violation by Pakistan", the Spokesman said, adding the firing took place from 0150 hours till 0600 hours. There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the Pakistani firing. Pakistani troops fired at 11 posts in Digwar, Mankote and Durga Battalion areas along the LoC in Poonch. This is fifth ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops in the past three days. Pakistani troops had fired at Durga Battalion area with small arms firing and mortars along LoC in Poonch around 2150 hours last night. The firing continued for three hours and Army troops from this side retaliated, he said. Pakistan troops had also opened small arms firing at Indian posts in Balakote-Mendhar forward belt of Poonch district around 1130 hours yesterday, Army officials had said, adding that Indian troops fired back resulting in exchanges for four hours. Sher Shakti, Nakharkote, Nurkote, Bandi, Mumtaz forward posts targeted in firing from across border in Poonch. In Jhilas sector, Paki troops were reported to have fired on civilian areas in villages of Sabri, Kranti, Nupar and Ghora. Panic spread in villages after their houses suffered some damage. At least three houses have received rocket fire and a cattle was injured in the process. Some of the rockets also fell n the agricultural fields without causing any damage. There was no loss of life or damage to property in the firing. A BSF jawan was injured in Pakistani firing at a forward Posts along the Indo-Pakistan border. Pakistan military today claimed that a youth was killed in firing by the Indian Army across the LoC. "Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing at three places in Kashmir," a senior military official said in Islamabad. He said an Indian mortar shell hit a house in Donga Gambhir in Rawlakot and killed a young man while his sister was severely injured. Pakistan responded to the fire and the exchange went on for hours, he said.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 02:36:34 +0000
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