Ceasefire violation by Pak: 4 BSF personnel martyred, 3 injured in J&K's Samba district
India | June 13, 2018 10:32 ISTAccording to officials sources, Pakistani Rangers targeted Indian soldiers with small weapons.
According to officials sources, Pakistani Rangers targeted Indian soldiers with small weapons.
Security forces have so far been using sensor devices, flood lights and night vision goggles to guard the international border. The laser walls would further help in plugging gaps and check infiltration bid in the "vulnerable" areas.
The meeting comes after Pakistani troops once again targeted Indian posts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and killed two BSF personnel, including an officer, on Sunday.
After killing two BSF jawans on Sunday intermittent firing took place between the two sides for sometime in the morning
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Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire thrice yesterday, a day after full implementation of 2003 ceasefire pact earnestly in a bid to ensure peace on both the International Border and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, as per Pakistan's request.
The clashes, which lasted almost eight hours, forced the authorities to shift civilians from border villages in Pargwal and Kanachak sub-sectors to safer places out of the line of fire, with police using bulletproof vehicles in at least 30 villages.
At least 13 civilians have been injured in the firing. "We are fully prepared to face any situation. Thirteen civilians are injured but their morale is high, we have made full arrangements to vacate people from vulnerable areas," IGP Jammu SD Singh told media.
About 8-10 Pakistani rangers are believed to be shot dead, and over 12 injured since Friday. Several Pakistani posts were also destroyed.
About 8-10 Pakistani rangers are believed to be shot dead, and over 12 injured since Friday. Several Pakistani posts were also destroyed.
According to an official statement, 100 border villages and 40 BSF outposts in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts are under direct attack by Pakistani forces as they continued the shelling for the ninth day today, prompting a strong and effective retaliation by the BSF.
Earlier on Sunday, the BSF said the Pakistan Rangers "pleaded" with them to stop firing along the IB, after being pounded with heavy artillery that left a Pakistani trooper dead.
The Border Security Force (BSF) said that the Pakistan Rangers today 'pleaded' with them to stop firing along the International Border (IB) after being pounded with heavy artillery that also left a trooper dead across the border.
Border Security Force, which has been giving a befitting reply to Pakistan for unprovoked firing along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir for the past three days, today received a call from Pakistani Rangers requesting to stop firing, a st
In the wee hours of Friday, a BSF jawan and four civilians were killed and over a dozen others were injured in Pak firing on the border in RS Pura and Arnia sectors of Jammu.
BSF soldier killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu & Kashmir's Arnia sector
A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was martyred today after Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire in Mangu Chak BoP area of Samba sector international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
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