A Pakistani civilian was injured on Sunday when Indian Border Security Force (BSF) resorted to unprovoked firing on a Pakistan Rangers’ post in Jarwal sector near the Sialkot working boundary.
Pakistani forces retaliated as an intermittent exchange of fire took place with the use of heavy weapons along the working boundary. There were also some reports that firing from across the boundary killed several livestock and destroyed some buildings in the incident.
A day earlier, three Pakistanis, including a woman, were killed and 11 others were injured in Indian firing on villages along the Sialkot Working Boundary. The villages which were fired upon were Bajrah Garhi, Khadraal, Anula, Beeni, Sucheetgarh and Charwah.
Officials accused Indian forces of targeting the civilian population with mortar shells and light and heavy machine guns.
During a period of one month, this is the 25th time that Indian forces have violated Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire.
Separately, Indian media reported that Pakistani troops allegedly targeted at least 25 Border Security Force (BSF) posts in Jammu and Kashmir last night.
