Indian forces on Sunday violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) yet again in Sialkot near Shakargarh sector, killing three people and wounding ten others.
Chenab Rangers retaliated by firing back at the enemy.
According to Punjab Rangers sources, cross-border firing and shelling continued intermittently throughout the night in Kothaychak, Booraychak and Makwaal areas, claiming lives of two women and a twelve-year-old boy.
Two people belonging to one family were injured in Makwal and transported to Sialkot’s Combined Military Hospital by Rescue 1122 personnel. Four of another family were injured in Kothaychak and rushed to Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Shakargarh from where three victims were shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital, Narowal, Rangers sources said.
Those injured in Makwal were identified as Abdul Sattar and Abdul Jabbar.
Those injured in Kothaychak have been identified as Haider Ali, who is in THQ Shakargarh and Hameeda, Rashda and Ashraf, who have been ferried to DHQ Narowal, according to Rangers sources.
Indian forces had also targeted Bhopal village on Friday at the Working Boundary, wounding one person.
Indian media reports say two civilians have been injured during overnight cross-border firing in the Samba sector along the Line of Control.
The ceasefire violations come just days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, during an official visit to Washington, apprised President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry about the destabilising role being played by Indian intelligence agencies in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Balochistan and Karachi.
