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Pak troops violate ceasefire in J&K's Poonch sector
In an audacious attempt to vitiate the atmosphere of enmity, Pakistanitroops once again has fired at Indianposts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Yet another ceasefire violation occurred on Thursday night when Pakistani troopers resorted to small and medium weapon firing in Balnoiforward area along the LoC at 20.05 hours, PRO Defence S N Acharya told.
Indian troops guarding the borderline retaliated resulting in exchange of fire which continued till22.50 hours, he said.
There was no loss of life on the Indian side in the Pakistani firing, the Defence PRO said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan military sources in Islamabad alleged Indian troops had resorted to "unprovoked firing" in the Tatta Pani-Handrot sector of the LoC, which had witnessed a string of clashes that triggered tension between the two neighbours in December.
They alleged that there was "unprovoked firing" by Indian forcesin the Tatta Pani-Handrot sector of the LoC on Thursday evening. They said there was no report of casualty and the firing was "still in progress" without specifying the time.
A string of clashes along the 742-km LoC in January marked the worst violations of ceasefire that was put in place by India and Pakistan in late2003. Two Indian soldiers were killed including Lance Naik Hemraj who was beheaded by Pakistani troopers in the Poonch sector.
India had strongly protested to Pakistan about the killing of the twojawans. The clashes had sparked a war of words before the Directors General of Military Operations of the two sides agreed on steps to de-escalate the situation.
In an audacious attempt to vitiate the atmosphere of enmity, Pakistanitroops once again has fired at Indianposts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Yet another ceasefire violation occurred on Thursday night when Pakistani troopers resorted to small and medium weapon firing in Balnoiforward area along the LoC at 20.05 hours, PRO Defence S N Acharya told.
Indian troops guarding the borderline retaliated resulting in exchange of fire which continued till22.50 hours, he said.
There was no loss of life on the Indian side in the Pakistani firing, the Defence PRO said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan military sources in Islamabad alleged Indian troops had resorted to "unprovoked firing" in the Tatta Pani-Handrot sector of the LoC, which had witnessed a string of clashes that triggered tension between the two neighbours in December.
They alleged that there was "unprovoked firing" by Indian forcesin the Tatta Pani-Handrot sector of the LoC on Thursday evening. They said there was no report of casualty and the firing was "still in progress" without specifying the time.
A string of clashes along the 742-km LoC in January marked the worst violations of ceasefire that was put in place by India and Pakistan in late2003. Two Indian soldiers were killed including Lance Naik Hemraj who was beheaded by Pakistani troopers in the Poonch sector.
India had strongly protested to Pakistan about the killing of the twojawans. The clashes had sparked a war of words before the Directors General of Military Operations of the two sides agreed on steps to de-escalate the situation.
