| Pak violates truce in Poonch, Samba | | Fifth violation in three days | | Early Times Report
Aug 12: Ascalating border tension, Pakistani troops today violated the ceasefire for the fifth time in the last three days by targeting forward Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch district and IB at samba sector with mortar shells, rockets and small arms firing.
Indian troops, guarding the borderline, took positions and retaliated resulting in heavy exchanges.
"Pakistan troops opened heavy firing with small arms, mortar shells and rockets on Indian forward posts along LoC in Poonch and Durga Battalion areas around 0150 hours", Defence Spokesman S N Acharya said today.
"It was yet another ceasefire violation by Pakistan", the Spokesman said, adding the firing took place from 0150 hours till 0600 hours.
There was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the Pakistani firing, Acharya said.
Pakistani troops fired at 11 posts in Digwar, Mankote and Durga Battalion areas along the LoC in Poonch.
This is fifth ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops in the past three days.
Meanwhile, Pakistani army targeted the Kotha post of Border Security Force (BSF) in Samba sector today.
Pakistani soldiers targeted several Indian posts over the weekend. India expects incidents of ceasefire violation by Pakistan to increase in the next few months ahead of general elections and to coincide with a change at the top in the Pakistani Army. |
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