Poonch: Pakistan on Friday initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Mankote sector.
Defence Ministry spokesperson Colonel Devender Anand said, "At about 5.15 a.m. today Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the LoC in Mankote sector of Poonch district. The Indian army retaliated befittingly."
A JCO of the army was injured in Pakistan ceasefire violation on the LoC in the same district on Thursday.
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Earlier on October 14, Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian positions near the Line of Control (LoC) at two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the LoC in Mankote and Mendhar sectors of Poonch, Defence Ministry spokesman, Colonel Devender Anand said.
Since the beginning of this year, Pakistan has violated with impunity the bilateral ceasefire agreement, with 24 civilians killed and over 100 injured in 3,190 ceasefire violations.
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Shells landing on their homes, cowsheds and agricultural fields have brought insurmountable miseries into the lives of thousands of civilians living in villages along the LoC in J&K.
(Inputs from agencies)
