The security situation along the line of Control (loC) in Naushera and Krishna Ghati sector remained tense on Monday as intense shelling was going on in the area since Sunday evening.
One of the four BSF personnel who had received splinter injuries in the heavy shelling on Sunday, succumbed to his injuries on Monday, while the condition of another jawan was stated to be critical.
The Indian Army was giving a befitting reply to the Pakistan Army by using similar calibre of weapons.The border residents were advised to stay indoors in the wake of heavy mortar shelling on civilian areas in Naushera and Sunderbani sectors.
Meanwhile, constant fall in the night temperature is adding to the hardships of displaced border residents as they have to fight the twin battle of ensuring their own safety from the booming Pakistani guns and adverse weather conditions. The BSF jawan who attained martyrdom was identified as 40-year-old Head Constable Rai Singh from Jhajjar district of Haryana.
“last night in heavy shelling from Pakistan along the loC in Rajouri area, four BSF Personnel sustained splinter injuries. Head Constable Rai Singh, who was seriously injured, succumbed to his injuries, while the condition of another personnel was serious,” BSF spokesman said here in Jammu.
Singh is survived by his wife, three sons and mother. The mortal remains of the braveheart were dispatched to Jhajjar after ceremonial tributes in Rajori by the senior BSF and Army officers.
The morale of the men was high as they are responding appropriately to the ‘unprovoked’ firing from across the loC, the BSF spokesman said.
According to ground reports intense shelling was reported in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch and continued till late on Monday. While firing in Naushera sector resumed around 10.20 am, intermittent firing was still going on till late on Monday evening.
Sunday night’s violation of the ceasefire came a day after a two jawans and a woman were injured and two houses were damaged when Pakistani troops targeted Indian posts and civilian areas along the loC in Nowshera and Sunderbani sectors of Rajouri with mortar attacks and small arms fire.
There have been over 290 incidents of firing and shelling along the loC and the International Border (IB) in Jammu & Kashmir by Pakistani troops.
These incidents have resulted in the death of 26 people, including 14 security personnel, since the surgical strike on terrorist launch pads in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir on September 29.