Bsf jawan, 2 civilians killed in pak shelling in jammu and kashmir updates

BSF jawan, 2 civilians killed in Pak shelling in Jammu and Kashmir: Updates

BSF jawan, 2 civilians killed in Pak shelling in Jammu and Kashmir: Updates on Business Standard. Pakistan has in the past few days violated the ceasefire in various sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, and this at a time when India has suspended military operations in the state

Latest News In yet another instance of ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops on Friday fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in RS Pura, Bishnah and Arnia sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, killing three people, including a Border Security Force (BSF) soldier. In total, six persons, including a BSF officer, were injured in the firing.

The firing, for a third straight day, comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

A BSF officer said an assistant sub-inspector of the force had suffered a splinter injury at Pittal BoP and had been admitted to a hospital.

In the heavy Pakistan shelling in R S Pura and Arnia sectors, five civilians were also injured and evacuated to hospitals by police in bullet-proof vehicles, a police officer said. Three civilians were injured in Arnia sector, and two in R S Pura.

In January this year, residents of the RS Pura sector were forced to leave their homes in the wake of the ceasefire arrangement being repeatedly violated by Pakistan.

BSF troops retaliate

BSF troops guarding the border retaliated and exchanges were going on at the time reports last came in from the area, a senior BSF officer told PTI. Who was the BSF jawan killed in the firing?