JAMMU: In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani Rangers on Sunday resorted to small arms firing on forward Border Out Posts (BOPs) along the International Border (IB) in Jammu district.
“Pakistani Rangers resorted to small arms firing at BOPs along IB in Pargwal sectors of Jammu District around 10:30 AM this morning,” District Magistrate of Jammu Ajeet Kumar Sahu said.
“Their aim was to prevent farmers from harvesting their crops,” he claimed. As per reports, the areas which came under firing from across the border included Jaman Bela, Rajpurs, Maljudh, Chak Phagwari, Deora and Himarpur Kona BOPs in Pargwal and Jourian areas of Akhnoor.
BSF troops retaliated resulting in exchange of fire, the District Magistrate said adding that there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing. There have been five cases of ceasefire violation along the international border and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Poonch Districts in the past three days.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire twice and resorted to small arms and automatic weapons firing on Indian posts along the LoC in Hamirpur sector of Poonch district around 10:55 PM on Friday (17th October) morning and night.
On 17th and 18th October, Pakistani Rangers resorted to minor firing on BoPs in Makwal and Allah Mian Di Kothi (AMK) areas in Jammu district. Earlier, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire in Hamirpur sector twice on Thursday (16th October)