Pak Army killed three Indian soldiers while giving a befitting reply to unprovoked Indian troops’ shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday.Three Indian soldiers have been killed by Pakistani shelling across the disputed border in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian army said.
Indian army spokesman Rajesh Kalia said Pakistan opened fire without provocation in the Nowgam sector early on Thursday, killing two Indian soldiers and wounding four.
According to the ISPR, the Indian Army deliberately targeted the civilian population along the LoC and Working Boundary. A 65-year-old woman in Kathar Village got injured in the Indian Army’s unprovoked firing using automatics and heavy mortars in Jandrot Sector along the LoC.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army spokesman Rajesh Kalia admitted that two Indian soldiers killed and four wounded in Pakistan Army’s firing in the Nowgam sector early on Thursday. Another Indian soldier was killed in overnight firing in the Poonch sector, he added.
A senior Indian diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Thursday to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations bythe Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday (September 30), resulting in serious injuries to one innocent civilian.
Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces in Jandrot Sector of the LoC, 65-year-old Kalsum Begum, wife of Mandi Khan, resident of Kathar village, sustained serious injuries, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said in a statement.
He said the Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working Boundary (WB) had been continuously targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars and automatic weapons.Another Indian soldier was killed in overnight firing by Pakistani troops in the Poonch sector, he said.
“Our troops responded strongly to the enemy fire,” said Kalia.
Pakistan accused Indian forces of violating a ceasefire in the region and injuring one civilian.
Shelling frequently erupts along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border dividing the Kashmir region that both nuclear-armed countries claim in full but govern in part.
