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'Major' ceasefire violation by Pak along LoC
Jammu, Sept 21 (PTI) In a major ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control for over five hours in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, army officials said here.
"The Pakistan troops violated ceasefire and opened
small arms firing on Indian posts along the LoC in Tarkundi
forward areas in Poonch district from 1100 hours to 1600 hours
Saturday," a senior army officer told PTI.
"After the November 2003 ceasefire came into force,
this is the first major violation of the truce," he said.
Pakistani troops also targeted Indian posts last night
and there was intermittent firing this morning also, the
official said.
But there was no loss of life or injury to any one in
the firing from across LoC, he said, adding that Indian troops
guarding the LoC also fired a few rounds.
The aim of the cross-border firing is to push in
armed militants into Jammu and Kashmir, he said. Close to 110
infiltration bids have been reported in the last eight months
from across the LoC.
On Thursday, there was firing from Pakistan on forward
posts of Panjal and Kopra in Sabzian sub-sector of Poonch
district.
Since January this year, Pakistani troops have
violated the five-year-old ceasefire agreement 32 times, 10 of
them along the Poonch-Rajouri sector in August and September.
The Indian Army's Director General of Military
Operations (DGMO) had strongly protested to his Pakistani
counterpart on a couple of occasions over ceasefire
violations, especially after the breaches in Tangdhar and
Nowgam.
Breach of the ceasefire have been reported from Jammu,
Samba, Rajouri, Tanghdhar and Poonch sectors, from where a
large number of militants have been trying to infiltrate into
India this year.
The army has assessed that the Pakistani troops were
firing whenever militant groups were making attempts to
infiltrate into India, the official said.
Infiltration bids by militants have witnessed an
increase in summer months in view of the Jammu and Kashmir
State Assembly elections due late this year. PTI AB
"The Pakistan troops violated ceasefire and opened
small arms firing on Indian posts along the LoC in Tarkundi
forward areas in Poonch district from 1100 hours to 1600 hours
Saturday," a senior army officer told PTI.
"After the November 2003 ceasefire came into force,
this is the first major violation of the truce," he said.
Pakistani troops also targeted Indian posts last night
and there was intermittent firing this morning also, the
official said.
But there was no loss of life or injury to any one in
the firing from across LoC, he said, adding that Indian troops
guarding the LoC also fired a few rounds.
The aim of the cross-border firing is to push in
armed militants into Jammu and Kashmir, he said. Close to 110
infiltration bids have been reported in the last eight months
from across the LoC.
On Thursday, there was firing from Pakistan on forward
posts of Panjal and Kopra in Sabzian sub-sector of Poonch
district.
Since January this year, Pakistani troops have
violated the five-year-old ceasefire agreement 32 times, 10 of
them along the Poonch-Rajouri sector in August and September.
The Indian Army's Director General of Military
Operations (DGMO) had strongly protested to his Pakistani
counterpart on a couple of occasions over ceasefire
violations, especially after the breaches in Tangdhar and
Nowgam.
Breach of the ceasefire have been reported from Jammu,
Samba, Rajouri, Tanghdhar and Poonch sectors, from where a
large number of militants have been trying to infiltrate into
India this year.
The army has assessed that the Pakistani troops were
firing whenever militant groups were making attempts to
infiltrate into India, the official said.
Infiltration bids by militants have witnessed an
increase in summer months in view of the Jammu and Kashmir
State Assembly elections due late this year. PTI AB
