Pakistan violates ceasefire again, Indian porter injured

Jammu: A civilian in Poonch was injured in an explosion of mortar shell fired by Pakistani troops, who targeted several Indian forward posts and civilian areas.

At around 9 pm last night, Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire and fired on Indian posts along LoC in Mendhar sub-sector of Poonch district, Defence Spokesperson SN Acharya said.

They fired automatic weapons and medium mortar shells. Indian troops fired back, resulting in exchanges that continued till around 11 pm, he said, adding that there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the firing.

There were two ceasefire violations on August 13, when Pak troops targeted Narianpur border outpost along the international border in Samba district and 16 Indian forward posts in Hamirpur, Balakote and Mankote forward areas in Poonch through the night.

Before that, three ceasefire violations had taken place on August 12 when Pakistani troops fired on border outposts and Indian posts along Indo-Pak border in the Durga battalion (Poonch), Kothay (Samba) and Hamirpur-Balakote forward areas.