LoC firing ends
Firing came to a stop across the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday.
By TIMESOFINDIA.COM |
NEW DELHI: After a blatant violation of ceasefire along the LoC, firing came to a stop across the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday. This was the sixth ceasefire violation that took place at the LoC in the past three weeks.
On Monday afternoon, 10 to 15 Pakistani soldiers crossed the LoC in Kaiyan Bowl at Nowgam sector in Baramulla district and threatened an Indian surveillance detachment of five soldiers, keeping a watch in the area, at around 3.30 pm.
The Pakistani soldiers had demanded that the Indian observation post be vacated. An Army jawan, Mahesh, belonging to 22 Rajput battalion lost his life in the exchange of fire. His body has been recovered now.
Following the incident, a flag meeting at the local level between Indian and Pakistani troops has been convened on Tuesday. A flag meeting at the company commander-level has been convened by the Army which has been accepted by its Pakistani counterpart.
Indian troops came under heavy fire from across the LoC, when a patrol was moving from one observation post to another.
Pakistan is said to have suffered three to four casualties and the body of a Pakistani soldier is lying on the Indian side.
On Monday afternoon, 10 to 15 Pakistani soldiers crossed the LoC in Kaiyan Bowl at Nowgam sector in Baramulla district and threatened an Indian surveillance detachment of five soldiers, keeping a watch in the area, at around 3.30 pm.
The Pakistani soldiers had demanded that the Indian observation post be vacated. An Army jawan, Mahesh, belonging to 22 Rajput battalion lost his life in the exchange of fire. His body has been recovered now.
Following the incident, a flag meeting at the local level between Indian and Pakistani troops has been convened on Tuesday. A flag meeting at the company commander-level has been convened by the Army which has been accepted by its Pakistani counterpart.
Indian troops came under heavy fire from across the LoC, when a patrol was moving from one observation post to another.
Pakistan is said to have suffered three to four casualties and the body of a Pakistani soldier is lying on the Indian side.
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The DGMOs of the two countries spoke on phone in the wake of the firing incident which violated the November 2003 ceasefire along the Line of Control. Download
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