Pakistani Rangers resorted to heavy firing of small and automatic weapons
Picture used for representational purpose. (Photo: PTI/File)
SRINAGAR: Pakistani border guards targeted Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, targeting 40 Indian border outposts and 24 villages along the International Border.
Officials said the BSF gave a “befitting reply” by responding strongly with equal calibre weapons, which resulted in a heavy exchange of fire continuing till 7 am. A BSF spokesperson said the Pakistani Rangers resorted to heavy firing of small and automatic weapons and shelling of mortars bombs on 35 to 40 of its BOPs and civilian areas.
Meanwhile, an Armyman, Lance Naik Dhananjay Kumar, was killed in a firefight with militants in Lolab valley of frontier Kupwara district on Monday. This is the third fatality suffered by the Army in Kupwara district in the past 48 hours.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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