A BSF jawan takes position at the India-Pakistan border in Arnia sector near Jammu on Sunday.
Pakistani troops continued to violate the ceasefire by shelling and firing upon 25 Border Out Posts (BoPs) and 19 villages along the International Border in Jammu sector throughout the night, prompting the BSF to retaliate.
“Pak Rangers resorted to heavy firing of small and automatic weapons and shelling of mortars bombs on 25 BoPs and civilian areas along IB in Arnia and R S Pura sub-sectors of Jammu district from 8:30 pm on Saturday” a BSF officer said.
BSF troops gave a befitting reply by responding strongly and the heavy exchanges continued till 7:30 am on Sunday, he said.
As per the official reports, Pakistan troops also targeted 19 Border villages throughout the night.
“Although there was no loss of human life or injury to anyone, three cows were killed in Treva border village in the shelling”, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, RS Pura, Devender Singh said.
Civilian casualties have been avoided due to evacuation of villagers or night migration from over 20 border hamlets along IB in RS Pura and Arnia sub-sectors of Jammu district, he said.
In the firing and shelling on Saturday, 2 people were killed and 6 others including a BSF jawan were injured and 5 houses suffered damaged, security officials had said.
- LoC tensions in August
- 21st August:
Pakistani troops target a mosque and residential houses in Mangalnarh forward belt of Rajouri, in Jammu and Kashmir
- 18th August:
Pakistani troops resort to heavy mortar shelling and fire with automatic weapons at 20 Border Out Posts in Jammu sector; villager injured
- 17th August:
After a two-day lull, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice on Sunday by resorting to heavy firing with automatic and small arms along International Border and Line of Control in Jammu.
- 16th August:
Two Border Security Force personnel were killed and four others wounded when militants attacked their vehicle in the Quail area of Pulwama
- 14th August:
Pakistani troops fired at forward Indian posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.
- 11th August:
Two troopers and two women injured in unprovoked firing by the Pakistan Rangers at four Indian positions on the international border in Jammu district Firing at the Johra Post, Nowa Pind, Jogna Chak and Tent Post at around 4.15 am.
- 8th August:
Pakistani troops target Indian forward posts with small arms and automatic weapons along the LoC at Bhimbher Gali sub-sector in > Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir at 10.30 pm. The Indian Army troops responded with equal calibre weapons to Pakistan’s firing which resulted in intermittent exchanges of fire.
- 5th August
Pakistani troops targeted Indian forward posts along the LoC in Sher Shakti forward belt of Poonch district.