Pak army denies cross-LoC firing

This was the third ceasefire violation in a fortnight.

June 07, 2013 08:21 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 10:34 pm IST - Islamabad

For Mr. P.K.S/ Soldier guarding the last patch of the road near the LOC which links Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir with Rawalakot area of POK. Photo : Luv Puri

For Mr. P.K.S/ Soldier guarding the last patch of the road near the LOC which links Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir with Rawalakot area of POK. Photo : Luv Puri

Hours after an Indian soldier was killed in a rocket attack across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, the Pakistan Army on Friday said its troops had not carried out any firing across the ceasefire line.

The “Pakistan military spokesperson has categorically denied the allegation of cross-LoC fire, saying that no Pakistani troops carried out any firing across the LoC on Indian positions”, the army said in a statement posted on Twitter.

State-run Radio Pakistan quoted a military spokesperson as denying the allegation of cross-LoC firing.

A Junior Commissioned Officer of the Indian Army was killed in heavy firing with automatic weapons and rockets from the Pakistani side of the LoC in Poonch sector.

This was the third ceasefire violation in a fortnight.

A rocket hit a post on the LoC and killed Naib Subedar Bachan Singh.

Indian troops retaliated after the unprovoked firing.

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