Pak troops violate LoC truce, JCO injured in firing of rockets

Jammu, Feb 14 (PTI) A Junior Commissioned Officer was
injured as Pakistani troops pounded Indian posts with 15
rockets and opened indiscriminate machine gun fire along the
Line of Control in Poonch district in the "biggest" ceasefire
violation in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.

There were 17 infiltration bids and nine truce violations
along the border this year. The last ceasefire violation
occurred on January 26 when Pakistani troops resorted to
unprovoked firing in Kanachak sub-sector of Jammu.
Pakistani troops fired 15 under-barrel grenade launcher
rockets on five Indian forward defence locations from its
eight border posts along the LoC in Krishna Gati sub-sector of
Poonch district at around 1815 hours Saturday night, Brigadier
General Staff, 16 Corps, Brig Gurdeep Singh told PTI Sunday.
It was followed by the heavy firing by machine guns on
the forward posts, he said adding "the heavy and
indiscriminate firing continued for two hours".
The rockets missed the intended target and exploded near
the posts, he said adding that one JCO Subedar P C Thakur of
17 Mahar Regiment was wounded and taken to a hospital.
Indian troops fired from small arms weapons and
intermittent exchanges ended early Sunday, he said.
"It was for the first time such a large number of rockets
were fired and also several Pakistani posts were involved in
the firing with heavy weapons," Brig Gurdeep said.
"This is biggest ceasefire violation so far. we will
lodge a strong protest with our Pakistani counterparts at a
flag meeting today," he said. (More) PTI AB
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