Srinagar: An Army jawan was killed on Monday as Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions in Nowgam sector, Kupwara district near the Line of Control (LoC) Jammu and Kashmir, Army sources said.
Sources said Indian troops came under heavy fire from the across the LoC at around 15:30 hrs IST at Khayan in Nowgam sector.
One Army jawan from 22 Rajput battalion has been killed. Sources added that Indian troops retailated with small arms fire.
According to sources, 15 Pakistani soldiers entered into the LoC in Kaiyan Bull in Nowgam. They approached the Forward Observation Post of the Indian Army and told them to vacate the post. Then they shot at one on the Indian sepoys on the post who fell down into the ravine.
India has asked for a flag meeting and ceasefire so as to recover the body of the dead sepoy.
However, the Pakistani army denied Indian claims and said Indian troops ''resorted to unprovoked firing'.
Pakistani troops immediately returned fire and the shooting from the Indian side stopped, the Pakistani army said in a statement.
This is the first violation of ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Nowgam sector.
Violations had been reported earlier in Tangdhar, Poonch and Rajouri sectors of the state earlier this year.
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the International Border and LoC in 2003, which had held good till the beginning of this year. On July 10, the two sides accused each other of violating a 2003 cease-fire.
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