Pak firing: Soldier succumbs to injuries; toll rises to 11

Tribune News Service

Jammu, January 21

An Army jawan injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistan succumbed to injuries on Saturday night, taking the death toll in the border firing in Jammu and Kashmir to 11 since Thursday, the police said.

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Signalman Chandan Kumar Rai, 25, was grievously injured, and died at the Military Hospital on Sunday. Rai was from Nadesar village in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district. He is survived by his father, Satya Prakash.

Rai's death raised the number of persons killed in the Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in five districts of Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch and Rajouri since Thursday to 11.

Meanwhile, there was calm on the International Border of Jammu Frontiers. 

Pakistan troops violated ceasefire for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday by resorting to heavy shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Noushera, Rajouri and Akhnoor sectors of Jammu and Kashmir.

“Pakistan has resumed heavy shelling along LoC in Bhawani, Karali, Said, Numb and Sher Makri areas of Rajouri district this evening,” DC, Rajouri, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said.

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The dead included six civilians, three Army men and two BSF personnel.

While a BSF jawan and a teenage girl were killed on Thursday, four persons – two civilians and one each BSF jawan and Army jawan – were killed and over 40 others, including two BSF personnel, injured in the Pakistani firing on Friday.

Three civilians and an Army jawan were killed and 16 others injured in the ceasefire violations yesterday. With PTI