A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was martyred in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan on the line of control in Rajouri district on Wednesday.
The JCO received critical injuries during 'unprovoked' ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army.
According to official sources, “the JCO identified as Subedar Rajesh Kumar was deployed at a forward post in the Tarkundi sector when the Pakistani Army started targeting several forward posts in the area”. In response, Indian army too retaliated strongly and effectively to silence the Pakistani guns.
This is the second incident where a JCO of the Indian army made a supreme sacrifice in the last four days. Earlier, another JCO identified as Naib Subedar Rajwinder Singh,hailing from Amritsar, had attained martyrdom in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri on August 30.
Meanwhile, fresh ceasefire violations were reported from Kirni and Qasba sectors of Poonch late Wednesday evening.
According to a Jammu based Ministry of Defence Spokesman Lt-Col Devender Anand, “a JCO was martyred in the forward area of Rajouri while fresh ceasefire violation was reported along the line of control in Qasba and Kirni sectors of Poonch on Wednesday”. He said, the Indian Army retaliated befittingly.