An Indian Army jawan attained martyrdom along the line of control in the Balakote sector of Poonch in the wee hours of Saturday.
According to official sources, while resorting to 'unprovoked' firing in the Balakote sector of Poonch snipers of the Pakistan Army had also targeted an Indian soldier deployed at one of the forward posts in the area.
While Indian troops responded to the enemy fire, sepoy Rohin Kumar received critical injuries and later he succumbed.
Defence PRO in Jammu, Lt- Col Devender Anand said, “Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the line of control (LoC) in Balakote area”. Own troops responded strongly to the enemy fire. In the incident, Sep Rohin Kumar was critically injured and later succumbed to his injuries”.
Sep Rohin Kumar hailed from Hamirpur district of Himanchal Pradesh.
Following repeated incidents of ceasefire violations in the frontier districts of Rajouri and Poonch, Indian army is maintaining tight vigil to prevent fresh infiltration bids by the small groups of heavily armed infiltrators.
According to various intelligence agencies, a large number of trained terrorists have been camping across the line of control in different launching pads and civilian areas waiting for their turn to sneak inside the Indian territory to carry out attacks on vital security installations.
In the wake of the killing of a large number of top terrorist commanders in sustained anti terrorist operations, their handlers sitting across the line of control are desperately trying to push small batches of these infiltrators but have failed to do so due to the presence of a multi layered security grid.