Pak. violates ceasefire, fires mortar shells

February 15, 2015 02:12 am | Updated 02:12 am IST - Jammu/Islamabad:

India and Pakistan on Saturday traded charges of violating ceasefire along the border area.

Pakistani Rangers fired two to three mortar shells in Nowapind border outpost area along the International Border in R.S. Pura sector of the district on Saturday night, BSF PRO S. Yadav, said. The shells exploded at an isolated area and no one was injured on this side, he said, adding that the BSF did not retaliate.

Meanwhile, Pakistan army claimed that a 60-year-old civilian was killed on Saturday in alleged firing by Indian troops across the LoC. Muhammad Aslam was killed in Polas village in Rawlakot sector this afternoon, it said. It also lodged a protest with India through diplomatic channels over the civilian’s death, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement.

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