Jammu: Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowshera sector on Saturday morning in which an Indian Army Jawan was martyred.
Defence Ministry sources said that a soldier of Gorkha Rifles was fatally hit by a sniper fire from Pakistan side on the LoC. The soldier died before he could be hospitalised, said sources.
This unprovoked firing was again an attempt to provide cover to a fresh group of terrorists trying to infiltrate from the Pakistani side, sources added.
Viewing this as an act of desperation following the killing of over a dozen terrorists sent by it in the last few days in the state, an official said that the latest ceasefire violation by the Pakistani army was also aimed at sending a message to the terrorist groups active in the Kashmir valley that it too was taking revenge.
However, defence sources said that the Indian Army has strong retaliated to unprovoked Pakistan aggression.
Unconfirmed reports said that the Pakistani Army has also suffered a few casualties in the sector.
Till reports last came in, intermittent firing was on in the sector.