A BSF soldier and a civilian suffered splinter injuries in the intense exchange of fire along the line of Control in Poonch sector in last 24 hours as Pakistani Army went on to violate the ceasefire agreement 18th time in a row in the month of September 2013.
According to local residents in forward Deegwar village of Poonch, it rained bullets and mortars on Monday late night in their village. The four walls of many permanent and temporary houses bore the brunt of the firing besides triggering fresh fears among residents in the area.
“We could not shift to safer places in the night as it started raining bullets and several mortars fell in our village,” Hemraj, a local resident in village Deegwar said.
According to Defence PRO (Officiating) SN Acharaya, “Pakistani posts opposite Mendhar Sector violated the ceasefire and opened unprovoked fire on night 16-17 September, which continued till 2 am.”
Reports claimed that a BSF jawan was also injured in the exchange of fire in Mendhar sub sector. The BSF jawan identified as Mohd Abu Siddiqui was rushed to the hospital as he had suffered serious splinter injuries.
According to Defence spokesperson, Pak troops opened up heavy volume of automatic fire in the area around 8.40 am on Monday.