JAMMU: A 14-year-old boy was injured when Pakistan violated the ceasefire twice along the Line of Control (LoC) in Shahpur sector in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday, police said.
The first breach of truce was made around 11.30am with Pakistan resorting to unprovoked firing and heavy mortar shelling along the LoC, targeting forward Indian posts and civilian areas in Shahpur. The Army retaliated effectively and the initial exchange of fire continued till 12.50pm.
Around 4pm, Pakistan again violated the ceasefire and took to indiscriminate firing and intense shelling along the LoC. “Jahangir Ahmed, a resident of Shahpur’s Mendhar area, was hit by splinters when a mortar shell exploded near his house. He was hospitalised,” Poonch SSP Ramesh Angral said.