| Couple, son killed in Pakistan shelling in Poonch | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 17: Three members of a family were killed when Pakistani troops shelled various forward areas and civilian places along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Friday, prompting the Indian Army to give a befitting reply, officials said.
"At around 2120 hours on Friday, Pakistani Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and resorting to shelling of mortars along the LoC in Gulpur sector of Poonch district," a defence spokesperson said.
Pakistan army also shelled heavily the hamlets along the LoC in Khari Karmara sector, officials said.
A shell landed on a house in Karmara village in which Mohd Rafiq (58), his wife Rafia Bi (50) and son Irfan (15) died on the spot, they said, adding that some houses have been damaged and a few people injured.
"The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly," the officials said.
Firing and shelling between the two sides were going on when the last report came in.
Pakistan has been continuously carrying out ceasefire violations along the Line of Control to push trained terrorists into the Indian side to carry out terror strikes in hinterland areas.
Since abrogation of Article 370 in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, rattled Pakistan has violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir more than 3800 times. Sharing data with Republic Media Network, Defense Spokesperson Jammu said that 307 ceasefire violations were carried out in August 2019, 282 in September, 351 in October, 304 in November, 297 in December, 367 in January 2020; 366 in February, 411 in March, 387 in April, 382 in May and 418 in June, taking the total to 3872 in 10 months. |
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