Amit Khajuria

Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 3

Pakistan violated ceasefire twice in the last 24 hours in the Poonch and Krishna Ghati sectors in which one woman received minor injuries. However, no major loss has been reported on the Indian side.Pakistan initiated indiscriminate firing at Poonch around 11 pm on Friday after which the Indian Army retaliated strongly. The firing continued till morning, sources said.Both sides used 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, automatic and small arms were used from both sides. Later, Pakistan initiated another indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars from 9:20 am this morning in the Krishna Ghati sector, which continued till 5 in the evening.“The Pakistani army initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars from 2300 hours on Friday along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector and later in Krishna Ghati on Saturday morning which continued till evening,” said Manish Mehta, defence spokesperson. “There was no loss from our side,” he added.

Pak violates ceasefire, shells forward posts in Poonch dist

Indian Army posts retaliating strongly and effectively. Tribune file photo

Amir Tantray

Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 3

The Pakistani Army violated ceasefire again by firing mortar shells on forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting Indian troops to retaliate.

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“The Pakistani Army initiated indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars from 2300 hours on Friday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector,” a defence spokesman said.

Later, the Pakistani Army violated truce in the Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of Poonch district.

The spokesman said the Indian Army posts were retaliating strongly and effectively and firing was under way.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Fforeign ministry claimed that two of its villagers were injured in firing by the Indian Army.

On June 1, a civilian was killed and four others, including a BSF jawan, were injured when the Pakistani Army targeted forward areas along the LoC in Rajouri and Pooch districts, prompting retaliation by the Indian troops.

Five Pakistani soldiers were reported to have been killed and some other injured in Indian Army’s retaliatory action along the Nowshera and Krishnagati sectors.

Entire top brass of the Indian Army headed by the Army Chief and seven commanders, including all corps commanders of Jammu and Kashmir, held a meeing in Srinagar to review the situation in hinterland and borders on the same day. With PTI inputs