Heavy shelling in J-K; Army claims militants have chemical agents

After a lull of three days, Pakistani troops today targetted forward Indian posts and villages along the LoC in Nowshehra sub-sector of Rajo...

After a lull of three days, Pakistani troops today targetted forward Indian posts and villages along the LoC in Nowshehra sub-sector of Rajouri.

According to official sources, the shelling, that was followed by medium arms fire, started at 11 am and in less than five hours, Pakistan troops had fired about 400 shells.

A house was damaged and an old man injured in Nowshehra, sources added. Indian troops retaliated and the exchanges were still on when reports last came in.

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Meanwhile, the Army said foreign militants are reportedly in possession of lethal chemical weapons. Lt Col S.P.K. Singh of the Northern Command Headquarters said that for the past two-three months, the Army has been receiving information that foreign terrorists in the state have been moving with containers, raising suspicion that they have acquired chemical agents.

He added that recent Intelligence inputs have suggested that terrorists are also talking about the use of poisonous gas.

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