Jammu: A Border Safety Pressure (BSF) personnel was injured when Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts in violation of a ceasefire settlement alongside the border right here on Wednesday, officers stated.
The BSF troops additionally retaliated however the casualties on the Pakistani aspect weren’t identified instantly, they stated.
“At about 2.35 am, an incident of unprovoked firing within the Akhnoor space from throughout the border occurred and which was befittingly responded by the BSF. One BSF personnel sustained accidents in Pakistani firing,” a spokesperson of the border guarding power stated.
He stated the troops are on excessive alert and retaining a strict vigil all alongside the Worldwide Border and Line of Management.
The ceasefire violation between the 2 nations has been very uncommon ever since India and Pakistan renewed the ceasefire settlement on February 25, 2021. Final yr, a BSF jawan was killed in Pakistan Rangers firing within the Ramgarh sector, the primary lack of life on the Indian aspect in additional than three years.
The most recent ceasefire violation comes days forward of the primary section of the three-phase meeting elections scheduled on September 18. The second section of the elections can be held on September 25 adopted by the third section on October 1. (PTI)