Amir Karim Tantray

Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 1

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed after the Indian Army retaliated to unprovoked ceasefire violation that left a civilian dead and four others injured on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of Poonch district today. The Pakistan army also violated truce in the Nowshera sector.A Jammu-based defence PRO said the Pakistan army opened indiscriminate fire using small arms and automatic weapons, besides 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, around 7.20 am along the LoC in the Nowshera sector and at 7.40 am in the KG sector. “The firing stopped around 10 am in the Nowshera sector, while it continued till 1 pm in the KG sector,” the PRO said.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd) He said the Army retaliated in an effective manner using similar calibre weapons.Sources said two Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliatory fire while a few others were injured. Five persons, including a BSF head constable, were injured in shelling by Pakistan troops in the KG sector. One of the injured, Parvez Ahmed, a labourer with GREF, succumbed to his injuries while being taken to the hospital. The other injured include Radhe Krishan (45), Sarwan Singh (28) and Haroon Rashid (22).This is the first truce violation on the LoC this month. In May, three people were killed when the Pakistan army resorted to heavy shelling in the Nowshera sector. Pakistani media reports said two of their civilians were killed and six  injured in shelling in the Battal sector.The Pakistan Foreign Office later summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh and lodged a protest over the death of civilians in cross-border firing.