2 BSF Jawans, 8-Yr-Old Boy Dead in Ceasefire Violation in RS Pura

The violation took place in the RS Pura sector of Jammu, according to reports.

File image of a BSF soldier along the LoC. (Photo: Reuters)

Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire along the International Border (IB) at RS Pura sector in Jammu district on Sunday as they fired from small arms, targeting the Indian posts.

Two BSF jawans were killed, while one more jawan and three civilians have been injured in the firing.

One militant has been killed by the security forces in Kupwara district in an ongoing encounter.

An eight-year-old boy died and four others have been injured in shelling and firing by Pakistan in Kanachak sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

We never target civilian areas, we target areas from where firing comes. We never initiate, but always retaliate. It is a really bad phase for us, but we will soon give them a befitting reply.

KK Sharma, Director General, BSF 

Sushil Kumar, the martyred jawan. (Photo Courtesy: @Twitter @ANI_news)

He said there was no retaliatory firing from the Border Security Force (BSF) which was keeping a “strict vigil” along the border.

Pakistani troops targeted 13 BoPs and civilian areas along IB in RS Pura, Pargwal and Kanachak, in Jammu and Kashmir.

This comes after a top BSF official warned on Sunday afternoon that Pakistani troops will have to pay a heavy price if they touch Indian soldiers.

BSF Additional Director General Arun Kumar made these remarks here after laying wreath on the body of BSF jawan Gurnam Singh, who was injured in sniper firing by Pakistan Rangers on Kathua border of Jammu on Friday and passed away on Sunday morning.

“If they try to do anything, they will be given a befitting reply. We are fully prepared for that,” he said.

Kumar said the infiltration attempt, which was foiled by Gurnam and his other colleagues, had the support of the Pakistan Rangers.

“Absolutely that is on record and we have seen though our surveillance equipment as how they (Pakistan Rangers) have given protection fire to get the people infiltrated into our border and how our men repulsed that,” he said.

To a question on the BSF claim of having gunned down seven Pakistan Rangers and a terrorist in retaliatory fire, the ADG said, “See, as far as the number of people killed (is concerned) there we cannot be fully sure. But as we have a close border and we have equipment with which we can see on the other side, we have seen several people being hit and falling.”

On Friday night, Pakistan Rangers had targeted border hamlets and border outposts (BoP) with mortar shells and had opened fire from automatic weapons along the IB at RS Pura sector.

Seven Pakistan Rangers personnel and a terrorist were killed and three others seriously injured in retaliatory action by the BSF. Pakistani troops had targeted six sectors in Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Gurnam Singh (26), a BSF jawan injured in a sniper attack on Friday, succumbed to his injuries in a Jammu hospital on Saturday night.

(With inputs from PTI.)