Seven Pak Rangers killed in Kashmir
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) said yesterday it killed seven personnel of the Pakistani Rangers and a militant in retaliatory firing following a ceasefire violation along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A BSF trooper was also injured in the skirmish, reports PTI.
Pakistan Rangers, the border force of Pakistan, resorted to sniper attacks at Indian posts at Hira Nagar in Kathua around 9:35am, the BSF said.
The Indian border guarding force launched an aggressive offensive against the Pakistani firing, the BSF said in a release, adding seven Rangers and a militant were shot dead in the retaliatory firing.
Seeking to suggest that the killings had been corroborated by Pakistani media, the BSF said “source input” claimed that a media organisation in that country was running a news item about death of five Rangers.
The strong response by the BSF came after one of Constables Gurnam Singh was injured in a sniper fire attack by Pakistani Rangers yesterday morning in the same area.
Singh, whose condition is considered to be critical, was evacuated with the cover fire to Government Medical College, Jammu.
This firing from Pakistan was effectively retaliated and that has claimed the casualties of Pakistani forces, the release said.
PAKISTAN DENIES CLAIM
Terming the Indian claim of Pakistani soldiers' casualties yesterday along the Line of Control (LoC) as false, the military's media wing said no loss was reported from the Pakistani side of the border, reports The Express Tribune.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Indian forces resorted to unprovoked fire at the Working Boundary in Shakargarh sector, which was befittingly responded.
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