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| | Ceasefire violation, now in Akhnoor: Intruder shot dead | | | JAMMU, Aug 20: One intruder was killed in heavy exchange of firing that erupted along the International border after Pakistan again violated ceasefire by targeting Indian posts to push in a group of militants in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district.
This is the fourteenth time that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the international border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in the last fortnight.
Official reports said that Pakistani Rangers fired on Indian posts of Mala Bela, Garkhal, Sidra Camp and Naka Number-10 along IB in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district around 11.30 PM last night. The firing was aimed to facilitate a group of militants into Indian territory. "We observed movement of suspected militants along border,” reports said.
BSF troops guarding the borderline fired back resulting in heavy exchanges, in which one intruder was killed and other escaped back, they said, adding firing continued till 7.30 AM today.
As per news agencies, the body of the intruder, suspected to be militant guide, was still lying at the International Border (IB). However, it was not yet ascertained whether he was carrying any weapon or was providing help in infiltration.
The BSF authorities were also not sure whether he was militant or guide as they were unable to retrieve the body amid heavy exchange of firing from other both sides.
Pakistan has been repeatedly violating ceasefire this month.
On August 17, there was heavy cross-border small arms firing on India posts along IB in Abdullian and Korotona Border Out Posts (BoPs) from Pakistan in R S Pura sub-sector in which BSF jawan Chander Rai was killed.
There were two firing incidents and ceasefire violations by Pakistan in Pansar Boder out Post (BoP) along IB in Samba sector and Krishnagati forward belt along LoC barely on August 15. |
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