2 soldiers killed, 5 injured in Pakistani firing along LoC in Poonch district

The Indian Army said it foiled infiltration bids and inflicted heavy damage to several Pakistani posts across the LoC in Poonch sector.

Two Army jawans were killed and five others — two soldiers, two civilian women and a BSF officer — were injured as the Pakistani Army engaged in unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati and Poonch sectors of Poonch district on Sunday.

In Krishna Ghati, the Pakistani Army opened fire in a bid to facilitate two infiltration bids, killing one soldier, an Army officer said, adding that the attempts to push in infiltrators have been foiled.

In Poonch sector, at least four places came under indiscriminate shelling and firing by the Pakistani Army, targeting civil and defence facilities and civilian areas. An Army jawan was killed and five others were injured in the Pakistani firing in Poonch sector, the officer said.

The Indian Army said that while the infiltration bids were foiled, it has also inflicted heavy damage to several Pakistani posts across the LoC in Poonch sector.

“One soldier was killed in Krishna Ghati sector earlier in the day while foiling infiltration bids, another soldier was killed and five others were injured in cross-border firing in the Poonch sector of Poonch district,” the officer said.

The soldier killed in the Krishna Ghati sector has been identified as Sepoy Gursewak Singh (23) of 22 Sikh Regiment. Singh was a resident of Taran Taran area of Punjab. The injured women have been identified Saleema Akhtar and Zareefa Begum, both residents of Poonch.