Repeated ceasefire violations and intense exchange of firing continued from the Pakistani side of the line of Control for the 20th consecutive day on Sunday in Poonch sector of the Jammu region.
The Pakistani Army also opened ‘unprovoked firing’ in Rajouri sector late on Saturday night and targeted over half a dozen forward Indian posts using heavy caliber weapons.
In the last 24 hours, the Pakistani Army spent around 12 hours exchanging heavy caliber fire in Poonch and Rajouri.
Mohd Khalil, a 17-year-old local youth inducted as porter, was injured after he was hit by a splinter in a forward Rajori village of Chitti Bakri. Following protests in the area he was rushed to the district hospital.
Meanwhile, three houses suffered damages in Sawjain and a few livestocks were also injured in fresh exchange of fire on Sunday morning. A buffalo was killed and an ox was injured in Sawjian in the intense firing.
The Indian Army officers are closely monitoring the pattern and intensity of firing to calibrate effective retaliation from their side.
The Goc-in-C Northern Command lt-Gen Sanjiv Chachra called on Governor NN Vohra and briefed him about the prevailing security situation in hour-long meeting.
According to Defence spokesman Col RK Palta, “In Mendhar sector Pakistani troops targeted Indian positions along loC and opened unprovoked firing around 3 am. Indian troops retaliated effectively resulting in exchanges, which ceased around 6 am, he added.