A woman was killed and three others, including a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was injured on Wednesday as the Indo-Pak troops traded gunfire in Akhnoor sector here, even as the BSF officials accused the rivals of ceasefire violation.
A senior BSF officer told Srinagar based newsgathering agency Global News Service that a constable guarding the border outpost was shot at and injured by a sniper of Pakistani Rangers along the International Border in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor tehsil around 08:40 am today.“The Pakistani Rangers opened heavy gunfire on a vehicle when the colleagues of the injured tried to remove him to the hospital. Our men returned fire effectively,” the officer said.
He said that the trooper identified as Anjali Kumar has been removed to hospital. He said that during the exchange of gunfire, Pakistani Rangers targeted civilian areas of Bhalwal Bharth, Malabela and Siderwan with small fire arms and mortar shells from their Azam, Peer Garana, Melabela- Stop on Siderwan and Malabela BoPs on the other side
The officer said that over two shells landed inside the populated Kanachak village causing death of a woman and injuries to two others.The deceased woman has been identified as Poli Devi, while the injured have been identified as Ramesh Kumar and Udha Devi.The border clash comes two days ahead of the Prime Minister Narinder Modi’s visit to the winter capital of the state to attend the centenary celebrations of former state Finance Minister Girdhari Lal Dogra.The firing comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu on July 17 to attend the centenary celebrations of former state Finance Minister Girdhari Lal Dogra. (GNS)