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2 Armymen killed in LoC ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops

THE ASIAN AGE.
Published : Jul 13, 2017, 12:55 am IST
Updated : Jul 13, 2017, 12:55 am IST

The defence spokesman here, Col. Rajesh Kalia, said the Pakistani troops initiated firing at 2.20 pm “without any provocation”.

Defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia added that the Pakistani troops initiated firing at 2.20 pm 'without any provocation'. (Photo: File)
 Defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia added that the Pakistani troops initiated firing at 2.20 pm 'without any provocation'. (Photo: File)

Srinagar: Two Armymen were killed in the latest ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in J&K’s Kupwara district on Wednesday.

Army officials said Lance Naik L.N. Ranjit Singh and Rifleman Satish Bhagat were killed in the Pakistani firing in Furkiya area of Chowkibal. They belonged to the Army’s Jammu and Kashmir Rifles.

The defence spokesman here, Col. Rajesh Kalia, said the Pakistani troops initiated firing at 2.20 pm “without any provocation”. “The ceasefire violation was retaliated to strongly and befittingly,” he added.

The 745-km LoC has witnessed multiple incidents of ceasefire violation in recent weeks. After each clash between Indian and Pakistani troops, the two sides blame each other for the firing. Many civilians and soldiers have lost their lives in the exchanges of fire.

Earlier this week, Territorial Army jawan Muhammad Showkat and his wife Safia Bi were killed and their three daughters Zaida Kouser, 6, Robina Kouser, 12, and Nazia Bi and another person were injured when a mortar fired by Pakistani troops exploded near their home at Karmara village in Poonch sector.

The same day, the Pakistanis reported the deaths of five civilians and injuries to many others in the Indian firing and shelling in Chirikot, Satwal and other sectors on their side of the LoC. India’s deputy high commissioner J.P. Singh was called to the Islamabad foreign office for the second day running on July 9 over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian troops.

India has, however, countered the Pakistani claims and said there have been as many as two dozen ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops, an attack by a Pakistani special forces’ team and two infiltration bids in the past month, in which eight people, including five Army jawans, were killed and 12 others injured.

A report from Muzaffarabad in PoK said hundreds of border dwellers had fled their homes in the Abbaspur sector of the other side of the LoC and relocated to Abbaspur town (Poonch), where they have been accommodated in a government building in the past few days to escape skirmishes between the two sides. Trade between Poonch (J&K) and Rawalakote (PoK) through the Chakan Da Bagh corridor continues to be suspended due to the persisting tensions.

Tags: pakistani troops, cross border firing
Location: India, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar