Villagers show mortar shells fired from the Pakistani side. File photo

Shyam Sood

Rajouri, October 4

The Pakistan army has violated the ceasefire for three consecutive days in the first week of October so far. During these days, a soldier attained martyrdom, three others were injured, while two minor children were killed and 12 others suffered injuries in Qasba, Bagliyar Dhara and Banwat villages of Poonch district.Today, the Pakistan army used mortars and automatic weapons to target Poonch, Balakot (Poonch district) and Lam sector in Rajouri district. No loss to property or injury to any civilian/soldier has been reported today. The Army, however, retaliated heavily to unprovoked mortar shelling and firing by the Pakistan army.In Balakot sector, troops of Pakistan’s 801 Mujahidin battalion targeted Indian forward posts manned by Gorkha unit using mortars and automatic weapons around 5.30 am.In Lam sector, the Pakistan army violated the truce and fired mortar shells on Indian posts manned by Sikh Li unit. It initiated unprovoked firing/mortar shelling along the LoC in Poonch sector around 9 am.“The Indian Army has retaliated strongly and effectively” said defence spokesman Col NN Joshi.