Breaking the truce for the seventh time this month, Pakistani troops fired on a forward defensive position along the border in Jammu sector late last night, drawing retaliation from the Indian troops.
Pakistani troops aimed at Chak Phagwari Border Out Post (BoP) in Pargawal sub-sector, 20 km from here, with mortars and small arms fire around 2200 hours last night, BSF officials said today.
Indian troops guarding the border revenge and the firing lasted more than two-and-a-half hour intervals.
"It is late in the night ended and there was no casualty or injury to someone in the fire," they said.
BSF officials said the issue would be raised with Pakistani Rangers and a protest will be registered with them at a flag meeting.
This was the seventh ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border in less than three weeks time in July this year.
Of these, four such violations took place in Chak Phagwari front tire along the Indo-Pak Border in Jammu sector when Pakistani troops fired on BSF patrol parties BOPs and the killing of two BSF Javan. Pakistani troops had targeted six Indian positions with mortars, rockets and small arms fire in Poonch sector on the intervening night of July 15 and 16.
The Pakistani troops had also fired on six Indian posts along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sub-sector of Poonch July 15.There was a ceasefire violation along the IB Kharkhola RS Pura sub-sector and edge Bodla from posts on the same day .
On July 9 the Pakistani Rangers had breached the ceasefire by appealing to small arms firing along IB at Mawa Khawara border out post in Samba district of belt.
Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire on July 7 when they opened fire on Chak Pagwari BOP in Pargwal in Jammu.
On July 6 Pakistani troops fired at Pindi, Mala Bela and Chak Phagwari border outpost around 2230 when a BSF Javan was slain and a villager were injured.There ceasefire violation in Poonch sector Krishan Gati in the same day.
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