Four Pakistani rangers were
killed in a strong retaliatory action of BSF after a jawan of the force was
killed in heavy firing from the other side along the International border in
J&K's Samba district.
The BSF's retaliatory action came
after the home ministry told the armed to force to give a befitting reply to
any unprovoked offensive.The BSF's counter offensive forced
the Pakintani rangers to wave white flags.
Today's firing from Pakistan,
which injured one jawan is the second violation of ceasefire along the
international border in 24 hours.
"We have retaliated
effectively to the Pakistani firing, in which four Pakistani rangers have been
killed (opposite to Regal post) along the IB in Samba sector this
evening," Rakesh Sharma, BSF IG of Jammu Frontier told the media.
He further said that as the Pak
rangers suffered casualties, they waved white flags requesting the Indian
forces to stop firing so that they can pick the dead bodies up.
"Honoring their request we
stopped the firing and allowed them to come to the border line and lift the
bodies," he said adding, "firing along the border line has now
stopped".
In the morning the rangers targeted
a BSF patrol party by starting firing unannounced. This offensive killed one
Indian jawan and one other was injured. The deceased has been identified as
Constable Sri Ram Gowria, the IG informed.
Earlier the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had asked the BSF to give a befitting reply when the paramilitary force's
Director General DK Pathak briefed him about the ongoing situation in J&K
frontier.
"The Home Minister asked the
DG, BSF to provide a suitable and appropriate reply for any such unprovoked
firing," an official statement was released today in Delhi.
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