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| BSF says 15 Pak soldiers likely dead in firing; 2 civilians killed in Jammu | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 28: The Border Security Force claimed on Friday that they killed 15 Pakistani troops along the International Border as heavy cross-border shelling in the past few days has ratcheted up tensions between the two countries. Two civilians ,Isma Begum (50), Wife of Abdul Rehman of Mendhar in Poonch and a young boy Ajay Son of Rattan Chand of Gigiryal in Chamb sector lost their lives in the cross border firing today.
BSF Additional Director General Arun Kumar told reporters: "Fifteen Pakistani soliders have been killed in retaliatory firing and shelling by BSF. We have destroyed their OP (outposts) and damaged a few."
The BSF and Army have responded "appropriately and befittingly", a defence spokesman said.
"There was unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army in Sunderbani, Pallanwala and Nowshera sectors of Rajouri and Jammu districts," the spokesman said.
They used small arms, automatics, 82 mm mortars and 120 mm mortars in the firing and shelling, he said.
"They are being responded to appropriately and befittingly. No casualties to our troops have been reported," he said.
Firing and shelling continued overnight along the international border.
"At 5.20 pm on Thursday, Pakistan Rangers started unprovoked heavy firing and shelling in Katgus sector of Jammu which further spread to Hiranagar and Samba. It continued till 5 am on Friday in areas of 24 BSF posts," a senior BSF officer said, adding that the BSF responded strongly after which the firing stopped. "Some Pakistani posts and villages had suffered heavy damage," he said.
One civilian was killed in Jammu's Khor belt of district and a second was killed along the Line of Control in Poonch's Mendar sector as Pakistani troops continued truce violations on Friday with firing and mortar shelling on Indian posts and civilian areas along the LoC and international border in Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts. A civilian was injured in RS Pura.
As per sources Pakistan rangers have been targetting the civil population areas as these border people had not migrated to safer places in the wake of border tension between India and Pakistan.
Isma begum wife of Abdul Rehman of Gohlad who was hit by a mortar shell splinter when she was grazing cattles in near by place. As she received injuries, she was rushed to the hospital wehre doctors declared her dead , sources added.
DDC Poonch MH Malik and SSP JS Johar also paid a visit to LoC and asked the people to move to safer places as there was tension prevailing there but the order people were admant to assist army to deal with the enemy. Sources further added that family of the Isma Begum has been assured for all possible help and a cheque amouting RS 1 lakh was handed over to her family.
BSF said it appeared from the mortar shells fired from across the International Border that Pakistan's Army was supporting its paramilitary rangers.
Pakistan however denied India's claims of having killed 15 paramilitary rangers.
On Thursday, a Pakistani Ranger was killed and another injured in the retaliatory firing by the BSF, as Pakistani troops heavily shelled five sectors along the LoC and IB in J&K in which one BSF jawan died and 13 other civilians were injured.
While Pakistani troops pounded BoPs and hamlets along IB in Kathua, Hiranagar sectors (Kathua), RS Pura and Arnia sectors (Jammu) and Samba sector, they also targeted forward Indian posts and villages along the LoC in Krishnagati, Balakote and Mankote sectors (Poonch) and Sunderbani sector (Rajouri) on Thursday.
Since surgical strikes by army on terror launch pads in PoK on September 28-29, five Indians, including four security personnel, have been killed and 34 injured in ceasefire violations.
On October 21, the BSF killed seven Pak Rangers and a terrorist opposite the Hiranagar sector along IB in Kathua, in which one BSF jawan was injured.
On October 25, at least two to three Pakistani armymen are believed to have been killed in retaliatory firing by Indian troops in the Noushera sector of Rajouri district. |
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