Srinagar, Oct 09: An Army jawan was killed in Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Drass sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said today. Hawaldar Mohammad Shafi Lone of 13th Battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment, who was critically injured in the Pakistani shelling yesterday, later succumbed in a hospital, the sources said. They said Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate shelling in Drass sector of frontier region of Ladakh, targetting forward positions with artillery and mortar fire.
The troops guarding the border also fired in retaliation but the casualties suffered by Pakistani troops in the retaliatory fire could not be known immediately, they said.
Pakistani troops were targetting Drass sector for the past several days, but there were no reports of any other casualty.
Bureau Report