Srinagar: An Army jawan was killed in Pakistani troops’ firing on the Indian forwards positions in Sunderbani sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district late on Friday night. In a fresh firing reported from Rajouri’s Lam sector on Saturday morning, another soldier was injured, officials said.
The Army officials said that the Pakistani troops in latest violation of the November 2003 ceasefire agreement targeted the Indian posts in Sunderbani even as other sectors of the LoC — Manjakote, Balakote and Nowshehra — which had witnessed intense exchanges of fire over the past week remained calm.
No fresh incident of cross-border firing was reported from Mendhar, Sabzian and Shahpur sectors of neighbouring Poonch either. These areas too witnessed ceasefire violations past week, triggering migration of border dwellers.
The slain soldier has been identified as 28-year-old Rifleman Jayadrath Singh. “The martyred jawan was a resident of village Bhagwanpur in Deoband area of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh and is survived by his wife Mamta Devi,” a defence spokesman in Jammu said.
Singh is the fourth Army jawan martyred in the Pakistani firing and shelling along the LoC in twin districts of Rajouri this week.
