BSF Soldier Injured After Pakistan Violates Ceasefire Near LoC In Jammu: Report (image-X/bsf_jammu)
A personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured after Pakistani forces violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu on Wednesday. The BSF troops retaliated after troops of the neighbouring country resorted to unprovoked firing. The casualties on the Pakistani side remain unknown, officials said.
The unprovoked firing began around 2:35 am in the Akhnoor region from across the border. “One BSF personnel sustained injuries in Pakistani firing,” a spokesperson of the force said, quoted by PTI.
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Indian troops along the International Border and the LoC have been put on high alert since the incident.
Since India and Pakistan renewed the ceasefire agreement on February 25, 2021, the ceasefire violation between the two countries has been rare. The first loss of life on the Indian side occurred in 2023 when a BSF jawan was killed in a firing by the Pakistan Rangers in the Ramgarh sector. It was the first loss of life in over three years in India.
On September 9, two terrorists were shot dead during a failed infiltration bid along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. An anti-infiltration operation was launched on the night of September 8 and 9 in Laam after the Army received inputs from intelligence agencies regarding a potential infiltration attempt. Soon after, a search operation was launched in the region.
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The latest ceasefire violation by the Pakistani troops comes ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, which are to be held for the first time in a decade. Scheduled to begin on September 18, the second and third phases are slated to be held on September 25 and October 1, respectively.
