Taking advantage of their high altitude position along the line of Control (loC) in Sawjian sector of Poonch Pakistani Army Monday violated the ceasefire agreement again by targeting forward Indian posts in the area using mortar shells and heavy volume of firing.
A woman was injured in Pakistani firing after she was hit by splinters in village Gagrian along the loC. Firing also started in the evening in Shahpur Kerni area around 6.30 pm, official sources said. Interestingly, Defence PRO in Jammu has not confirmed the fresh incident of ceasefire violation in Poonch till late evening. When contacted, he maintained no ceasefire violation was reported in the Poonch area.
On ground zero, Pakistani Army targeted seven forward posts in Sawjian and Shahpur Kerni till last reports came in. The firing started around 3.30 p.m in Sawjian and continued till 5.30 pm, official sources said. At least five Indian posts were targeted in the area by the three PAK posts. According to reports jawans of Pak armys 644 Mujahideen deployed along the line of control in Cobra post and other neighbouring posts trained their guns on the Indian posts and even targeted civilian areas.
The injured woman identified as Parveen Begum w/o Abdul Shakoor was rescued to safety by the police team from Sawjian police post. Firing in the Shahpur Kerni area which started around 6.30 pm was still going on in the area. According to official sources, intense shelling was reported in the area from both the sides. The alert Indian troops were strongly retaliating the fire till last reports came in.
To save innocent lives the Indian army has installed early warning alarm system in the civilian areas to give adequate time to local villagers to run to safety. Meanwhile, the situation along the International border remained peaceful as no fresh firing was reported on Sunday night and even during Monday from any sector along the Jammu frontier.