Pakistan violated the ceasefire on Friday after it fired rounds of small arms from across the LoC in the RS Pura Sector. It also violated the ceasefire in the Rajouri sector in the valley.
Earlier, Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday said it had killed seven personnel of Pakistani Rangers and a terrorist while retaliating to a ceasefire violation on the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. A BSF jawan was injured in the process.
Pakistan Rangers, the border force of Pakistan, resorted to sniper attacks at Indian posts at Hira Nagar in Kathua at around 9:35am, BSF said.
The Indian border guarding force launched an aggressive offensive against the Pakistani firing, BSF said in a release, adding seven Rangers and a terrorist were shot dead in the retaliatory firing.
Seeking to suggest that the killings had been corroborated by Pakistani media, the BSF said “source input” claimed that a media organisation in that country was running a news item about death of five Rangers.
The Pakistani Army, however, has denied the loss of any of their soldiers.
Indians resorted to unprovoked firing in Shakargarh sector. Pakistan Rangers befittingly responded. No loss on Pakistan’s side.General Asim Bajwa, DG, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Pakistan
The strong response by the BSF came after one of their constables, Gurnam Singh, was injured in a sniper fire attack by Pakistani Rangers this morning in the same area.
Singh, whose condition is considered to be critical, was evacuated with cover fire to Government Medical College, Jammu.
This firing from Pakistan was effectively retaliated and that has claimed the casualties of Pakistani forces, the release said.
Today's exchange of fire came a day after BSF foiled an infiltration bid by four to six militants, aided by cover fire by the Pakistani troops, in Bobiyan village of the same Hira Nagar Sector.
At least one militant was injured or killed in that action by BSF during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday as he was seen being dragged by his associates.
Earlier in the day, BSF Inspector General (Jammu) Frontier D K Uphadayaya said the ceasefire violations by Pakistani Rangers had taken place in two sectors.
There were two ceasefire violations by Pakistani Rangers in Bobiya in Hira Nagar sector of Kathua district and Pargwal belt of Akhnoor sector of Jammu district today.
(With PTI, ANI Inputs)
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