Pakistani army violated the border ceasefire again when its snipers killed the Indian army soldier on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in the Jammu division on Wednesday night.
Pakistani army violated the border ceasefire again when its snipers killed the Indian army soldier on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in the Jammu division on Wednesday night.
The incident occurred on Wednesday night when Pakistani army sniped at the Indian army jawan who was guarding his post along the LoC. The jawan suffered grievous injuries and was shifted to the hospital where he succumbed.
“There was a sniper fire from across the (LoC) in which one of our solider was martyred. The jawan was in the post when they (Pakistan army) sniped at him,” Lieutenant Colonel Manish Mehta, defence spokesman at Jammu, told dna.
Indian army exercised restrain and did not retaliate to Pakistani provocation. “We did not retaliate,” said Lt Col Mehta.
The fresh ceasefire violation comes 12 days after Pakistani army pounded civilian areas to disrupt the Eid revelry in Shahpur and Qasba villages of Poonch district injuring five people including three women.
Official figures reveal that there have been 199 ceasefire violations from January 1 to June 30 2015 in which two soldiers and two civilians were killed. Last year 583 ceasefire violations took place in which four jawans and 13 civilians were killed. Official figures reveal there have been 347 ceasefire violations from Pakistan in 2013 in which 10 jawans were killed.
“All violations of ceasefire are taken up with Pakistan military authorities at the appropriate level through the established mechanism of hotlines, flag meetings as well as weekly talks between the Directorate Generals of Military Operations of the two countries. BSF, too, holds talks at various levels with its counterpart viz. Pakistan Rangers,” said Colonel SD Goswami defence spokesman at Northern Command, quoting the reply of defence minister Manohar Parrikar in Rajya Sabha.
Colonel Goswami added, “Diplomatically, India has repeatedly emphasised, the need for Pakistan to uphold the sanctity of the Line of Control (LoC) and abide by the ceasefire commitment of 2003 along the International Border and LoC.”
On Thursday evening, Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked firing on the Indian forward posts at 6.15 pm in Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch district.
"Our troops are responding appropriately. No casualty or damage has been reported till now,” said Lt Col Manish Mehta, defence spokesman at Jammu
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