Soldier martyred, two women injured in Pak firing in Nowshera, Poonch, Hiranagar sectors
22/11/2020
Jammu, Nov 21: A havaldar in the Indian Army was killed on Saturday in unprovoked firing by Pakistan on forward posts and villages in two sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB), officials said.
The casualty comes barely a week after multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC in north Kashmir left 11 people, including five security personnel, dead on November 13.
Havaldar Patil Sangram Shivaji, who was manning a forward post, was critically injured in the Pakistani’d.
The officials said the Indian Army retaliated effectively to silence the Pakistani guns, and the cross-border firing between the two sides continued for quite some time.
Taking to Twitter, the general officer commanding (GOC) of the Jammu-based White Knight Corps and all other ranks saluted the soldier and offered their condolences to his family.
In a statement, a defence spokesman said HavaldarShivaji, a resident of Nigave village of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, was a brave, highly motivated and sincere soldier.
"The nation will always remain indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty," he said.
The officials said Pakistani Rangers also resorted to unprovoked firing along the IB in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district.
The firing on Satpal, Manyari, Ladwal and Karol Krishna border outpost areas started around 10 pm on Friday, prompting strong and effective retaliation by the Border Security Force, the officials said.
Cross-border skirmishes continued till 5.25 am on Saturday, and there was no report of any casualty or damage on the Indian side, they added.
Two women were injured in cross-border firing in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.
An official said that Pakistan violated the ceasefire at 7:15 pm by firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Dallan sector of Poonch. He said two women were in injured in the ceasefire violation. They were shifted to a hospital for treatment, he said.
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