Pakistani troops fire on Indian posts near LoC in Poonch

Jammu, Jun 19 (PTI) In a ceasefire violation along the
Line of Control (LoC), Pakistani troops on Sunday opened heavy
firing from medium machine guns (MMGs) and small arms along
with rocket-propelled grenades on Indian forward posts in
Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
"Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire. They fired
RPGs and opened MMG and small arms firing on Indian forward
posts in Krishna Gati sub-sector in Poonch district," an army
officer of 16 Corps said.
Pakistan troops subjected our posts in Poonch to heavy
fire using 3 rounds of RPG and 80 rounds of 7.62 mm MMG and
small arms at around 1.35 pm, he said, adding that it
continued for half an hour.
"Our troops exercised restrain," the officer said,
adding that there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in
the firing.
Earlier, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire on May 15
and 14 by firing on Border Out Posts (BOPS) of Nikowal and
Bhudwar in Jammu sector and on May 5 along the LoC in Poonch
sector.
In April, there were two ceasefire violations by
Pakistani troops in Krishna Gati sector of Poonch district on
April 27 and 24.