An army jawan was killed
and three others were seriously injured during heavy exchange of firing between
India and Pakistan along the line of control in Poonch district of Jammu and
Kashmir.
According to sources,
Pakistani forces Pakistan resorted to heavy firing and shelling in
Shahpur-Kerni sector on Saturday night, drawing strong retaliation by the
Indian Army.
Four Indian Army personnel
were injured in the Pakistani firing and were immediately evacuated to
hospital, where one of them died during treatment, the officials said.
This is the third casualty
in the Pakistani firing and shelling on forward posts and villages in the twin
districts of Poonch and Rajouri this month.
On
June 4, havaldar P Mathiazhagan fell to Pakistani firing in Sunderbani sector
of Rajouri district, while on June 10, Naik Gurcharan Singh lost his life in a
similar incident in Rajouri sector.
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