STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: After a lull of over four months, the ceasefire on the Line of Control was violated again with Pakistan Army firing at two places and shelling mortars in Poonch sector on Sunday.
Indian troops retaliated to the firing which was still going on when last reports came in.
A 50-year-old woman was injured on Sunday when Pakistan Army, after a lull of four months, violated the ceasefire and targeted Indian posts on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector.
“Kasim Jan (50), a resident of Shahpur village, was injured when she was hit by the splinters of a mortar shell fired from across the border this morning,” a police officer said.
She was immediately evacuated and shifted to District Hospital Poonch where her condition is stated to be stable, he said. “Early morning, the Pakistan Army resorted to ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir,” Defence spokesman Lt Col Manish Mehta said here.
Mehta said the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy mortar, small arm and automatic weapon fire in the sector since 3 AM. “Our troops responded appropriately and no casualties or damage to our troops was reported,” he said. Army sources said that first at around 3 AM, Pakistan Army’s Doda battalion fired small arms and mortars from their Dhakni-Dhok, Nezapir and Mocho Mohra posts, and later at 5.00 AM, the Banwat battalion of the army also began firing at Indian outposts.
Today’s ceasefire violation comes after nearly four months after the last such incident took place on 10th April in Poonch sector.
