BSF trooper injured as Pakistan violates ceasefire along international border
Jammu, June 1: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was seriously wounded on Monday in firing by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
The incident took place in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district along the international border, a police officer said. The wounded trooper was identified as AK Rabha, who was rushed to a hospital.
"Pakistan Rangers used small arms and automatic weapons to target Bobiya border outpost of the BSF," the officer said.
The BSF retaliated, provoking a gun battle, the officer told IANS here.
Also
read:
164
ceasefire
violations
along
Indo-Pak
border
this
year:
Modi
Govt
Earlier
on
Monday,
the
Pakistan
Army
twice
violated
the
2003
ceasefire
on
the
Line
of
Control
(LoC)
in
Krishna
Ghati
sector
of
Poonch
district.
No
casualty
or
damage
was
caused
in
the
incident.
IANS