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| Ceasefire violation: Pak fires at BSF vehicle in Samba, no harm done | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU Jan 27 : Violating cea-sefire, the Pak Rangers fired at a BSF vehicle near Khoara outpost in Samba sector in the wee hours of Thursday morning, but no harm was done.
A bullet-proof Swaraj Mazda vehicle was as usual carrying tea for a patrol of 182 Bn of BSF near Khoara outpost. However, when it crossed the border pillar No 165 at about 4.15 am, the Rangers opened heavy volume of fire on it from their Akram Shaheed forward post, police sources said.
Two bullets hit the vehicle, but the jawans travelling in it were safe, the sources added.
While the driver immediately drove the vehicle to safety, the patrol party retaliated.
Sources said the exchange of fire between the two sides continued for over 20 minutes. There was no casualty on the Indian side and casualty, if any, on the Pak side was not immediately known, the sources added.
Search of the area later led BSF personnel to the recovery of a live RPG round and the case of a fired round.A flag meeting was also held near the Khoara outpost between the two sides at about 9 am.
In the meeting, 182 Bn assistant commandant Veer Singh lodged a strong protest over the unprovoked Pak firing.Sources said the Pak side, which was headed by Inspector Shakeel, however, expressed ignorance about the incident.Vigil had been further enhanced on the International Border after this incident. |
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