Srinagar, June 21: Violating the ceasefire yet again, Pakistani troops fired at a forward border outpost along the international border in the wee hours today drawing retaliation from BSF troops.
An IED explosion also took place along the border line.
“There was a cross-border firing from Pakistan’s Suragpur post on Abdullia border outpost along the international border in R S Pura sub-sector, around 30-km from here, at 0400 hours in this morning,” the official told PTI.
BSF jawans guarding the BOP and patrolling party took positions and retaliated, resulting in exchange of small arms fire, he said, adding it continued for nearly one-and-half hour intermittently and resumed again at 06.15 hours and was continuing intermittently since then.
“There was also an explosion tiggered by IED near the border line. There was no lose of life or injury to anyone in the explosion and firing on this side of the border,” he said.
——–PTI