Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Nitin Agrawal on Friday visited the forward areas of sector Srinagar along the Line of Control (LoC) to review the operational preparedness of the units as a Head Constable of the force lost his life a day ago following an unprovoked firing by the
Kima (28) was killed in unprovoked firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in the Ramgarh sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Thursday.
The BSF in Jammu said in a statement that it gave a befitting response to the Pakistan Rangers for the ceasefire violation and unprovoked firing on their posts.
A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Thursday succumbed to injuries received in an unprovoked firing resorted by Pakistan Rangers deployed near the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramgarh sector.
The firing started in the intervening night of November 8-9 by Pakistan Rangers and the BSF befittingly replied to the ceasefire violation along the international border in the Ramgarh and Arnia sectors in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
The BSF in Jammu said in a statement that it gave a befitting response to the Pakistan Rangers for the ceasefire violation and unprovoked firing on their posts.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has lodged a protest with Pakistan Rangers over unprovoked cross-border firing at a forward post in Arnia sector along the Indo-Pak border, in which a BSF jawan and a woman were injured, officials said on Saturday.
Senior sources in the security forces said the entire issue started in the area a few days ago when a BSF soldier was fired upon by Pakistani troops while he was carrying out repairs near the border fence on the international border fence there.
"Pak Rangers resorted to Mortar shelling which was countered by BSF with appropriate response. Intermittent firing continued till 3 a.m.," said the BSF, which is mandated to guard the 3,323 km India-Pakistan border.
"There was a lot of firing by Pakistan overnight. No person was injured but houses were damaged. This kind of firing from the Pakistani side has been witnessed after almost six years. Our security forces retaliated to the firing," Dev Raj Chowdhary, Sarpanch, at border village Bulleh Chak in
Border Security Force personnel said an 'explosion' on Thursday late evening, barely hours after the Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on the BSF troops on the International Border in the RS Pura sector.
Border Security Force Jawans said on Thursday evening that Pakistani troops started unprovoked firing on BSF troops at the International Border in violation of the ceasefire in the RS Pura sector.