Pak Rangers shell 17 BoPs, villages in Jammu, one killed
5 Aug 2015 5:51 AM IST
BSF troops retaliated resulting in <g data-gr-id="32">exchange</g> of fire, which was still going on when last reports came.
A BSF spokesman said, "Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing of small arms and mortar shells on BoPs along IB in Kanachak and <g data-gr-id="36">Pargwal</g> sectors of Jammu district from 0540 hours". They targeted 12 BoPs along IB in these sectors. Five BoPs and hamlets in R S Pura sector were also targeted.
Pakistani Rangers also shelled border hamlets in these sectors, a police officer said, adding that 22-year-old Sanjay Kumar was killed when a Pakistani shell exploded in Hamirpur Kona in <g data-gr-id="33">Pargwal</g> belt of Jammu. Mortar shelling also triggered panic among people living in Kanachak and <g data-gr-id="34">Pargwal</g> forward areas. A BSF jawan identified as Arjun K and a boy were injured in <g data-gr-id="35">Pargwal</g> and R S Pura belts in the district and have been hospitalised. With Tuesday's ceasefire violations, there have been 8 ceasefire violations by Pakistani Rangers in August.
On August 2 and 3, Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire four times by resorting to small arms firing in forward posts along LoC in Krishnagati, Mandi, Balakote and Pallanwala sectors of Poonch and Jammu districts.
There were two ceasefire violations on August one.
Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing of mortar bombs on border <g data-gr-id="25">out posts</g> along the International Border in R S Pura sector in Jammu district on Saturday night.
Pakistani Rangers also violated the ceasefire by resorting to small arms firing and mortar shelling on 3 BoPs along the IB in Akhnoor sector in Jammu district on Monday.
There have been 18 ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border in July in which four persons, including three jawans, were killed and 14 others injured.
'Pak fishermen to be freed after nationality confirmation'
In the backdrop of Pakistan releasing 163 Indian fishermen lodged in a Karachi jail, police here on Tuesday said the fishermen from the neighbouring country jailed in Gujarat's Dwarka prison will be released only after "confirmation" of their nationality by the Centre. At present, 25 fishermen are lodged in jail at Dwarka, District Superintendent of Police Jagdish Patel told a news agency. "The nationality of nine fishermen out of the total of 25 fishermen has been confirmed by the government of <g data-gr-id="64">Pakistan,</g> while no communication regarding the nationality of remaining 16 is received till date," Patel said.
The release and repatriation of Pakistani fishermen lodged in Dwarka jail depends on the Ministry of Home Affairs receiving communication regarding confirmation of nationality from the Pakistani High Commission in India, he said. In June, 88 Pakistani fishermen lodged in Indian jails were released by the government. Pakistan had on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen, including three minors, from two jails as a goodwill gesture following a recent understanding between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
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