KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
At least four people were killed, including a woman, and six were injured when Indian forces allegedly opened fire in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday.
Casualties occurred in different villages of Nakyal sector which has been experiencing indiscriminate shelling for the past several days.
“Indian troops have yet again resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Nakyal, Jandrot and Kel sectors,” said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Dawn reported on Tuesday.
The ISPR statement added that Pakistani troops “befittingly responded and targeted Indian posts”.
Jandrot is located in Kotli district while Kel lies in the upper belt of Neelum valley, northeast of Muzaffarabad.
A government official from Nakyal told Dawn that there had been intense shelling since 8 AM, with Indian troops allegedly using both small and heavy arms.
Zeeshan Nisar, assistant commissioner Nakyal, also confirmed that three men and a woman were killed by Indian fire.
“Since the shelling is continuing, we are unable to collect all details, I am afraid there might be more casualties,” said Nisar.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, reports said that Pakistan forces allegedly violated ceasefire in Ramgarh of Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring at least three Indian civilians.
According to officials, the firing started at around 6:30am and continued till the time of this report.
“At 0630 hrs Pak side started firing with small arms followed by small mortar at one place and further spread at 4-5 places in Ramgarh and Arnia Sector Dist Samba and Jammu. 82 Mortar have also been fired intermittently,” BSF DG said.
BSF is giving befitting reply to enemy. However there are reports that mortar shells have hit the villages, injuring three civilians.
“At 0710 hrs 3 mortar shells landed in village Pindi, Arnia sector,” informed officials.
Three injured people have been identified as Bodraj, Niky and Dharana Devi.
