Jammu, August 26
In yet another ceasefire violation from across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on a patrol party of the BSF in Poonch district, injuring five personnel.

Official sources said the incident took place on late Monday night when a BSF party, on routine patrol duty along the LoC in the Suhhan sector in Sabzian area of Poonch district, came under heavy fire from across the border.

“Five BSF personnel were injured in the incident”, a top BSF official told The Tribune.

He said: “The party came under heavy fire from across the LoC. They attacked us with mortars and rockets. However, we returned the fire”. The injured jawans were shifted to the hospital where the condition of one of them was stated to be critical.

This is the 31st cross-border ceasefire violation from the Pakistani side since January and the eleventh in the past one month.

When contacted Jammu-based PRO of the ministry of defence Lt-Col. S. D. Goswami said: “The firing lasted for 10 minutes in which they fired mortars and rockets”.