Ceasefire violation on the line of Control (lOC) in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan continued unabated with its troops resorting to unprovoked firing on Indian posts in Kargil in ladakh on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Pakistani troops fired at Indian positions in Shakma sector and Indian Army retaliated and Islamabad said one Pakistani officer was killed and a soldier injured in this action in Skardu in their region in ladakh. “A Pakistan Army officer Captain Sarfraz, (was killed) due to unprovoked Indian firing. A soldier was seriously injured due to the shelling,” a Pakistani Army officer said adding Indian troops started firing at 11.15 pm on Tuesday and the Pakistani side responded “effectively”. The exchange continued till 2.15 am on Wednesday, Pakistan Army said.
In this backdrop, Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gopal Baglay and registered a protest over what it described as “Indian aggression” on the loC. The Indian Deputy High Commissioner was summoned hours after the Pakistan Army claimed “unprovoked” Indian firing across the loC had killed a captain and injured a soldier.
In New Delhi, officials said Indian troops had only responded to unprovoked firing by Pakistani forces in Marol sector of the ceasefire line. Pakistani forces at a post in Marol sector resorted to unprovoked firing at an Indian post in Kargil sector from 2100 hrs on August 20 to 0400 hrs on August 21, the officials said. The Pakistani troops used small arms, automatic weapons and mortars to target the Indian side and “appropriate retaliation was carried out by the Indian Army,” they said.