JAMMU: A soldier was killed as Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector in J&K’s Rajouri district on Wednesday. The is the fourth fatality suffered by Indian troops since January 1.
“Pakistan initiated firing of small arms and heavy mortar shelling targeting forward Indian posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Sunderbani, to which own troops effectively retaliated. In the cross-border exchange of fire, Sepoy Laxman from Rajasthan’s Jodhpur was critically injured and later succumbed,” Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said.
On January 24, non-commissioned officer Naik Nishant Sharma, who was injured critically in a ceasefire violation on January 18, succumbed at Udhampur Command Hospital during treatment. On January 21, Army Havaldar Nirmal Singh was killed during cross-border shelling in Poonch district. On January 1, junior commissioned officer Naib Subedar Ravinder was killed in another breach of truce
Pakistan again violates ceasefire in Uri sector of Kashmir day after sepoy killed in Rajouri
Pakistan violated ceasefire in Jabda Batada and Kamlakote area in Uri sector of Baramulla district in North Kashmir on Thursday morning when the Indian Army gave a befitting response.
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A jawan has been killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Rajouri.
Pakistan violated ceasefire in Jabda Batada and Kamlakote area in Uri sector of Baramulla district in North Kashmir on Thursday morning when the Indian Army gave a befitting response.
Earlier, in another ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sundarbani sector of Rajouri district, Sepoy Laxman was critically injured. The jawan later succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday.
Defence sources said Pakistan resorted to an unprovoked ceasefire violation on the LoC by firing with small and shelling with mortars in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district. "An Indian Army soldier, Sepoy Laxman, got critically injured in Pakistan ceasefire violation. The injured soldier later succumbed," a source said.