NE NEWS SERVICE
SRINAGAR, DEC 26
A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the army and a woman were killed on Wednesday in unprovoked firing during ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said.
They said Pakistan is targeting civilian population in India with vengeance from gun and mortar positions deployed and inside villages in PoK.
The Junior Commissioned Officer (Subedar) died in Uri Sector. Officials aware of the matter said some of the shells fired by Pakistani troops landed in civilian areas, resulting in injuries to two civilians, including a woman in Churunda village.
Naseema Begum (22), succumbed to splinter injuries, they said. The incident comes in the wake of Pakistan Army Chief’s recent visit to Hajipir along the LoC. The officials said the ceasefire violations are part of Pakistan’s proxy war design to abet infiltration and keep the Kashmir issue on the simmer.
The Indian army personnel responded to the ceasefire violation in adequate measure, the officials said.
Meanwhile, in Jammu’s Kathua, Pakistani rangers shelled mortars and fired at forward areas along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district all through Tuesday night, triggering protests by people living in these areas on Wednesday.
The Pakistani side started firing and shelling along the IB in Chandwa belt of Hiranagar sector late Tuesday night, officials said.
BSF troops guarding the border gave a befitting reply, resulting in exchanges overnight, they added.
Later, residents of Channtanda area of Hiranagar took to the streets on Wednesday to protest the shelling and firing on civilian hamlets in Kathua. Raising anti-Pakistan slogans, they demanded that Pakistan be given a befitting reply.
