LoC: Unprovoked Indian firing injures 3
The locals have started to migrate to safer havens in the wake of these ongoing firing.
SIALKOT (Dunya News) – In another incident of ceasefire violation in Sialkot, intermittent firing at the Line of Control (LoC) wounded 3 locals yesterday night.
The offences from across the border continued throughout the night. In Bajra Ghari , a 44-year old Latif lost his leg in the incident of shelling whereas Zahid and Fayyaz of Dhamal village also got wounded as a result of the unprovoked firing from India.
The injured have been admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) whereas the unverified sources reveal that the firing from India at the Chaprar Sector in Punjab has wounded two officers Azam and Iqbal.
In response to this Indian aggression, Chanab Rangers have retaliated immediately to silence the guns.
Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) has started off a series of unprovoked firing at the areas of Chappar, Charwa, Harpal and Sajeet Garh that has continued for many days now. Five people have been martyred and many injured in the firing this month whereas several houses and property worth millions has been destroyed and livestock were killed.
The locals have started to migrate to safer havens in the wake of these ongoing firing.
Dozens of other villages including Nandpur, Rangpur Jattan and Kesera have come under fire.
Earlier, two people including a woman were killed and five others injured on August 23 in heavy firing by Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) at three sectors in Sialkot.
Indian troops used heavy weapons to target Pakistani posts in Suchet Garh, Charwa and Chaparral Sectors. Two civilians including Imdad Hussain of Bajra Garhi and Rukhsana of Khudral village were killed in the firing.
Several houses in Nandpur, Rangpur Jattan, Bajra Garhi and Khudral were also damaged.
Chenab Rangers took positions and responded with equal caliber weapons to Indian firing. The exchange of fire lasted till 7:00am.
India and Pakistan often accuse each other of violating a border ceasefire which has largely held since 2003.
Despite the truce, firing along the disputed de facto border called the Line of Control that separates Kashmir into Indian and Pakistani sectors, has occurred sporadically.
