Soldier killed along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: An Army soldier was killed when Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire along the Line of Control in Rajouri district Thursday, officials said.
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire in Keri belt of Sunderbani sector this morning, they said.
One soldier was killed in Pakistani firing, they added.
The officials said that the Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire over 110 times along the LoC since January.
On Monday night, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by resorting to shelling with mortar bombs and firing of small arms along the LoC in Akhnoor and Sunderbani sectors, a defence spokesman had said.
An Army soldier was killed and four others were injured Monday when Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Rajouri district.
“Rifleman Karamjeet Singh was critically injured and later succumbed to injuries,” the spokesman had said.
The year 2018 witnessed the highest number of ceasefire violations — 2,936 — by Pakistani troops in the last 15 years along the Indo-Pak border, said the officials.
