Srinagar: In a fresh ceasefire violation by the Pakistani army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday, an Indian Army soldier was martyred.
According to defence sources, Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing of small arms and shelling with mortars in the Nowshera sector at around 6.30 am in which Lance Naik Sandeep Thapa, 35, was martyred. He was a resident of Dehradun.
The Indian Army has been retaliating in a befitting manner, said a senior Army official.
Sources said that a Pakistani post was completely destroyed in Indian Army’s retaliation.
Till reports last came in, heavy exchange of fire between the two sides continues.
However, one Indian Army soldier lost his life due to heavy shelling from the Pakistani troops.
Thapa had sustained bullet injuries in heavy firing by the Pakistani troops in the Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri on Saturday.