Jammu, May 21
A day after Islamabad gave an assurance that it was committed to maintaining ceasefire, the Army today lodged a strong protest with its Pakistani counterparts over Monday's unprovoked cross-border firing at a forward post in Poonch sector in the state.
"A flag meeting was held at Roshni border post along LoC in Mendhar sector of Poonch district where India conveyed its concern over unprovoked firing on Monday," defence spokesman Lt-Col S.D. Goswami told The Tribune.
He said the meeting took place around 12 noon, the Indian side was represented by two army officials while Col S. Malik and Captain Tariq from Pakistan attended the meeting. The meeting came a day after the two neighbouring countries resumed their composite dialogue, the first since the new government assumed office in Islamabad last month.
During the half-an-hour meeting between the army officers, India gave a detailed account of the cross-border firing on Dhip post in which a jawan was killed. Lt-Col Goswami said the Indian post on Monday witnessed firing, rocket and UBGL grenade attacks by the Pakistani troops in which one jawan, naik Jayashwar of 2/8 Gorkha Regiment was killed.
This is the third truce violation in less than a fortnight. Earlier, the Pakistani army had resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on the Indian positions on May 8 and May 13 in Samba and Tanghdhar sectors, respectively.
