SRINAGAR: A Jawan was killed in sniper fire from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Machael sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday afternoon.
The Army’s Udhampur-based Northern Command tweeted, “One soldier martyred in Pak sniping at Machael Sector. In retaliation fire assault with heavy weapons being directed on many Pak posts.”
Earlier on Tuesday, two Army Jawans were killed and five others wounded when a 120-mm mortar bomb fired by the Pakistani troops landed and exploded near an Army truck in Naushera sector along the de facto border in Rajouri district.
Meanwhile, two unidentified militants were on Wednesday killed in an encounter with security forces in Darsu area of north-western Baramulla district, defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia here said. He added that the militants, believed to be foreigners were killed after they were confronted by the security forces during a cordon-and-search operation in the village, about 60-km from here.
India, Pak summon each other’s envoys yet again
India on Wednesday summons Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner to convey strong concern on continued ceasefire violations along the LoC and also the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir and endangering safety of its High Commission officials in Islamabad by publicly announcing their names after accusing them of being intelligence operatives.
In Islamabad, his counterpart J.P. Singh, for the sixth time in over two weeks, was summoned by the neighbouring country’s Director General (South Asia & SAARC), Dr Mohammad Faisal, to lodge a “strong protest” over alleged “unprovoked” firing by Indian forces along the LoC.
The authorities in Muzaffarabad had said on Tuesday that four civilians including a mother-daughter duo were killed in the Indian firing in Battal sector of PoK.
A total of 20 people including 12 civilians and 8 Army and BSF Jawans have been killed in Pakistani shelling since October 21.
