BSF jawan injured in firing by Pakistan Rangers

JAMMU: Pakistani Rangers today violated the ceasefire again and resorted to sniper firing, leaving a BSF jawan injured and triggering an exchange of fire in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district.

The Rangers opened fire on a BSF constable guarding a border outpost along the International Border in Akhnoor sector, a senior BSF officer said.

As BSF troops tried to evacuate the injured jawan in a vehicle, they were heavily fired upon by Pakistani Rangers, he said.

The BSF troops retaliated, resulting in exchange of fire which was still going on when last reports came in.

The injured jawan has been hospitalised.

This is the seventh ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops this month.

On July 9, Pakistani troops had fired at a forward border post in North Kashmir killing a BSF jawan.

Earlier on July 7, Pakistani troops had fired on forward posts along the LoC in Poonch district in which one jawan was injured.

On July 6, Pakistani troops resorted to night-long firing and mortar shelling targeting six Border Out Posts (BoPS) and some villages along the Indo-Pak border in Arnia sector of Jammu district.

A BSF jawan was killed on July 5 in Pakistani firing along the LoC in Nougam sector in Kashmir Valley on July 5.

On July 5 night, Pakistani Rangers had violated the ceasefire twice and also resorted to small arms firing on BoPs along IB in Arnia sector of Jammu district.