However, across the IB in Sialkot, Pakistan’s Chenab Rangers officials in their counter claim accused the BSF of initiating the firing.
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Unprovoked firings by the Pakistani forces and troops has made the villagers and residents of the villages along the global Border in R.S. Pura’s Arnia sector in Jammu and Kashmir to seek refuge leaving their ancestral property and permanent assets behind. They added that the Chenab Rangers “retaliated befittingly and silenced the Indian guns”.
The firing, which began yesterday night, continued by way of the night time and as per studies, continues to be on. There was, however, no report of any loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing.
Meanwhile, in another incident on Sunday morning, the armies of India and Pakistan traded heavy gunfire in Macchil sector of Kupwara district.
The deceased has been identified as Abhijit Nandi of BSF 119 battalion. Officials said that the BSF jawan fell when a border post he was deployed at came under the Pakistan Army firing. A similar attack was carried out overnight in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district in which a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed.
The Indian Army had called for a special flag meeting to return the boy to Pakistani officers.
Pakistan also targeted three BSF posts and fired 25 to 30 rounds in the Arnia sector in Jammu.
“Indian troops retaliated effectively and firing exchanges in the area continued for several hours”, he added.
Srinagar: Pakistani troops again violated ceasefire at the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday.
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Apart from six Border Out Posts (BoPs), Pakistan Rangers resorted to firing of 82-mm mortar bombs, small and automatic weapons on civilian areas along worldwide Border (IB) throughout the night.
