In yet another ceasefire violation across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan on Thursday fired at Indian posts in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the scene of Tuesday’s brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pak troops.
Pakistan said it lost one soldier in the exchange of fire, while claiming that the provocation took place from Indian side, a claim rejected by Army Headquarters here.
The Pakistani troops’ firing started in the Battal area in Poonch sector at 1630 hours after which Indian troops gave a measured response. The firing ceased at 1810 hours, Army headquarters said here. The firing took place in the area guarded by the 13 Rajputana Rifles, whose two soldiers – Lance Naiks Sudhakar Singh and Hemraj – were killed and their bodies were mutilated by Pakistani troops, it said.
The unit deployed in the area is known as the Barasingha battalion. In Islamabad, Pakistan army claimed in a statement that Indian troops had started firing in which one of its soldiers was killed.
India also dismissed allegations that its army transgressed the LoC in Uri on Sunday. In fact, Pakistan had violated ceasefire on the night of 5-6 January and ‘controlled retaliation’ was carried out by the Indian Army on 6 January, an Army press release said on Thursday.
The Pakistani army on Thursday refused to allow trucks from India carrying goods at cross-LoC trade point in Poonch of J&K. As the trucks carrying goods for PoK traders reached Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point to enter Rawalakote in PoK, the Pakistan army did not open the gates and conveyed this to Indian Army authorities at the point. A total of 65 trucks, most with perishable items, are now lined up waiting to move into PoK.
This is the second time that trade has come a halt after the Pakistan Army refused to open the gates in last eight months.Trade had come to a halt on 14 June last year following heavy firing, shelling and ceasefire violations since 11 June, in which 2 Indian jawans were killed and 4 injured.
Meanwhile, India said there would be no change in its visa policy with Pakistan, after tempers were frayed over the brutal killing of two army soldiers on Tuesday. ‘Whatever the (visa) agreement entered into, it will be carried out,’ Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.
Pakistan said it lost one soldier in the exchange of fire, while claiming that the provocation took place from Indian side, a claim rejected by Army Headquarters here.
The Pakistani troops’ firing started in the Battal area in Poonch sector at 1630 hours after which Indian troops gave a measured response. The firing ceased at 1810 hours, Army headquarters said here. The firing took place in the area guarded by the 13 Rajputana Rifles, whose two soldiers – Lance Naiks Sudhakar Singh and Hemraj – were killed and their bodies were mutilated by Pakistani troops, it said.
The unit deployed in the area is known as the Barasingha battalion. In Islamabad, Pakistan army claimed in a statement that Indian troops had started firing in which one of its soldiers was killed.
India also dismissed allegations that its army transgressed the LoC in Uri on Sunday. In fact, Pakistan had violated ceasefire on the night of 5-6 January and ‘controlled retaliation’ was carried out by the Indian Army on 6 January, an Army press release said on Thursday.
The Pakistani army on Thursday refused to allow trucks from India carrying goods at cross-LoC trade point in Poonch of J&K. As the trucks carrying goods for PoK traders reached Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point to enter Rawalakote in PoK, the Pakistan army did not open the gates and conveyed this to Indian Army authorities at the point. A total of 65 trucks, most with perishable items, are now lined up waiting to move into PoK.
This is the second time that trade has come a halt after the Pakistan Army refused to open the gates in last eight months.Trade had come to a halt on 14 June last year following heavy firing, shelling and ceasefire violations since 11 June, in which 2 Indian jawans were killed and 4 injured.
Meanwhile, India said there would be no change in its visa policy with Pakistan, after tempers were frayed over the brutal killing of two army soldiers on Tuesday. ‘Whatever the (visa) agreement entered into, it will be carried out,’ Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.