Pakistan Sunday desperately tried to provoke strong Indian retaliation as its Army resorted to at least three ceasefire violations along the line of Control in Bhimber Gali and Naushera sector while Pakistani rangers shattered peace along the International Border in Ramgarh sector of Samba in Jammu frontier.
The ‘unprovoked’ ceasefire violations from the Pak side were reported around 9.45 am in Bhimber Gali, 12. 40 pm in Naushera and around 6.40 pm in Naushera sector.
According to ground reports, Pak Army also tried to target the civilian areas using mortar shells. The Indian Army in response was retaliating strongly and effectively to silence the Pak guns.
On the other hand, Pakistani rangers also shattered peace along the International border in Ramgarh sector of Samba around 10.00 am. Pakistani posts in the area targeted at least four BSF posts using small arms and 51 mm mortars. The firing in the area continued for about 1 hour. local residents in the forward villages panicked and rushed towards safe shelters to avoid getting hit in the cross fire.
BSF jawans in the area also had a narrow escape when some of the mortars fired by the Pak rangers exploded in their vicinity.
According to Jammu based Defence PRO lT-Col Munish Mehta, “Pak Army initiated indiscriminate firing in Bhimber Gali area around 9.45 and the same continued till 10.20 am.” Firing in the Naushera sector went on for about two hours before resuming in the evening. Till the time of filing the report, firing in Naushera sector was going on.
According to BSF spokesman of Jammu frontier, Pak rangers resorted to unprovoked firing in the Ramgarh sector around 10.00 am. BSF jawans also took positions and retaliated strongly. The firing continued till 10.45 am in the area, spokesman said.
According to recent assessment of the various intelligence agencies, small groups of terrorists have been camping across various launching pads waiting for opportunity to infiltrate inside the Indian territory. The Indian intelligence agencies have been constantly monitoring their activities across these training camps and launching pads to prevent them from breaching the barbed wire fencing and execute terror plot ahead of the beginning of Amarnath yatra beginning from June 29.