Jammu: Violating the ceasefire for the seventh time this month, Pakistani troops fired on a forward defence location along the border in Jammu sector late Monday night, drawing retaliation from Indian troops.
Pakistani troops targeted the Chak Phagwari Border Out Post (BoP) in Pargawal sub-sector, 20 kms from here, with mortars and small arms fire around 2200 hours Monday night, BSF officials said Tuesday.
Indian troops guarding the border retaliated and the firing continued for over two-and-a-half hours intermittently. "It ended late in the night and there was no casualty or injury to anyone in the firing", they said.
BSF officials said the issued would be raised with Pakistani Rangers and a protest will be registered with them at a flag meeting.
This was the seventh ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border in less than three week time in July this year.
Of these, four such violations have taken places in Chak Phagwari forward belt along the Indo-Pak Border in Jammu sector when Pakistani troops fired on BSF patrol parties and BOPs killing two BSF jawans.
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