SRINAGAR, Nov 13 - Four security personnel were among 10 persons killed in multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) from Gurez to Uri sectors of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said Pakistan used mortars and other weapons and deliberately targeted civilian areas. The Indian troops retaliated strongly causing casualities and substantial damage to Pakistan Army�s infrastructure across the LoC, he said.
�Several ammunition dumps, FOL dumps and multiple terrorist launch pads have been damaged,� the defence spokesman said. Three army personnel, a BSF sub-inspector and six civilians were killed in Pakistani action while four security personnel and eight civilians were injured. �Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC spread across multiple sectors to include Dawar, Keran, Uri and Naugam. Three Indian Army soldiers have been killed in action and three soldiers injured,� Col Kalia said.
A BSF sub-inspector was killed in Haji Peer sector while a jawan was injured, officials said. Two civilians were killed in Kamalkote sector, also in Uri, while a woman was killed in Balkote area in Haji Peer sector, they added.
They said that apart from various places in Uri, ceasefire violations were reported from Izmarg in Gurez sector of Bandipora district and Keran sector of Kupwara district.
A defence official in Jammu said Pakistani troops violated ceasefire twice in Poonch district.
Earlier, Col Kalia said the army foiled an infiltration bid, which was aided by the ceasefire violation, along the LoC in the Keran sector.
�Suspicious movement was observed by our troops at the forward posts along the LoC in Keran sector (in north Kashmir�s Kupwara district) today. The suspected infiltration bid was foiled by alert troops,� he said.
This was the second infiltration attempt within a week. The earlier unsuccessful bid in Machil sector during the intervening night of November 7- 8 was foiled, in which three militants were killed.
Three Army soldiers, including a Captain, and a BSF jawan also lost their lives during the operation.
In New Delhi, BSF officials said SI Rakesh Doval, 39, deployed at the force�s artillery battery at the LoC in Baramulla was killed after he sustained head injury in the firing around 1315 hours. � PTI
