26 October,2016 08:18 AM IST | | Agencies
At least 2-3 Pakistani armymen are believed to have been killed yesterday in retaliatory firing by Indian troops in the Noushera sector of Rajouri district, while six female members of a family were injured in R S Pura sector of Jammu district in cross-border shelling
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha after meeting Syed Ali Shah Geelani of Hurriyat Conference. (R) A girl injured in cross border firing at Suchetgarh, where six women from a family were hurt. Pics/PTI
Jammu: At least 2-3 Pakistani armymen are believed to have been killed yesterday in retaliatory firing by Indian troops in the Noushera sector of Rajouri district, while six female members of a family were injured in R S Pura sector of Jammu district in cross-border shelling.
"From 10 am, Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control in Noushera sector of Rajouri district by targeting our positions with mortar bombs and small arms fire," an army officer said.
"We have inputs that two to three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in the retaliatory firing by our men," an army officer said. "The firing is still going on and our side is giving a befitting reply," he said.
