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| Pak rains bullets in Uri sector, soldier injured | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, March 21: In a major ceasefire violation after a gap of few months, Pakistani troops fired throughout Friday night at Indian posts in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving a soldier injured.
A defence spokesman said on Saturday that Pakistani troops fired between 1500 to 2000 rounds at the Indian posts in Kamalkote area of Uri sector between 10 pm last night and 3 am this morning.
Lance Naik Prakash Singh of 10 JAK rifles was injured in the firing. He said that the firing from across the border was unprovoked.
Indian troops returned the fire but used small arms fire, the spokesman said. Officials believe that the firing was resorted to by Pakistani troops to provide cover to militants to infiltrate into this side.
Three militants were killed in a fierce gunbattle still going on in Drangyari area in frontier district of Kupwara. The encounter broke out yesterday.
India has been voicing concern over the ceasefire violation on the border from time to time.
Indian officials have said that the ceasefire has been violated for 58 times since it came into effect in November 2003. There were 34 incidents of ceasefire violation on the LoC last year.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army has asked for a flag meeting after Pakistani troops reportedly fired throughout the night at Indian posts in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan authorities are yet to respond.
According to officials, Pakistani troops fired to provide cover to militants to infiltrate into Indian territory. Three militants were killed in a gunbattle, which is continuing in the Drangyari area in frontier district of Kupwara since yesterday.
India and Pakistan had declared a ceasefire on the borders of the two countries in November 2003.
However, according to Indian officials, the ceasefire has been violated 58 times since it was announced. Last year, there were 34 incidents of ceasefire violation.
In another incident a huge cache of arms and ammunition, comprising four AK-74 rifles, 15 Chinese grenades, five Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other explosives, concealed in two cooking gas cylinders, was recovered today from the Line of Control (LOC) in Mendhar are of Poonch district.
Army troops manning Dobbi forward out post, facing Goba post of Pakistan forces, in the Balakote area of Mendhar sector, recovered two gas cylinders and a bag filled with arms and explosives from the other side of the barbed fence, official sources said.
While one cylinder were filled with four AK-74 rifles, the other was containing 24 AK magazines, 420 rounds, four prepared IEDs, one transistor fitted IED, 15 Chinese hand grenades, one IED charger and an IED receiver, the sources said.
The huge recovery of arms and ammunition has raised curtain from the militants’ strategy to disrupt the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the state by executing explosions and fidayeen attacks.
Senior police and intelligence officers also reached the spot after the recovery, made by a joint team of army and local police. |
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