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Indian, Pak troops trade mortar fire; no damage on Indian side
Jammu, Aug 24: Indian and Pakistani troops traded mortar and small arms fire at several places along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir last night, defence sources said here.
Jammu, Aug 24: Indian and Pakistani troops traded
mortar and small arms fire at several places along the Line of
Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and
Kashmir last night, defence sources said here.
But there was no loss of life or damage on the Indian side, they said.
But there was no loss of life or damage on the Indian side, they said.
Pakistani rangers targeted forward positions in Drass
sector with artillery shells forcing Indian troops to
retaliate, the sources said.
Exchange of mortar and small arms fire between the two
sides was reported in Rajouri district's Bhawani sector
overnight.
Intermittent exchange of small arms fire between
Pakistani rangers and BSF also took place at 18 places in
Kanachak, Akhnoor, Khour, Arnia, R S Pura and samba sectors
since last night, the sources said.
Bureau Report