Pak troops fire mortar shells in J&K’s Nowshera sector

In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops on Thursday targeted Nowshera sector in J&K and fired six mortar shells.

Pakistani troops on Thursday shelled Indian positions in the Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir in yet another instance of ceasefire violation, the seventh in the last one month alone.

Pakistani forces fired six mortar shells in intermittent firing in Jhangarh area of Nowshera sector in Rajouri district for 45 minutes from 0640 hours, Defence spokesman Lt. Col S D Goswami said in Jammu. The Line of Control (LoC) has been violated by Pakistan on at least 20 occasions since January this year.

Indian troops exercised restraint and did not retaliate, Goswami said, adding there was no loss of life or damage to property in the shelling.

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“The troops are alert all along the LoC to foil any evil design of the enemy”, the spokesman added.

Responding to Thursday’s incident, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma said ceasefire violations by Pakistan were not acceptable to India and that they would further vitiate the security environment in the region.

India’s concerns over these incidents have been firmly and clearly conveyed to Pakistan”s leadership and government, Sharma said.

The issue was also taken up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Gilani on the sidelines of the recent SAARC summit in Colombo.

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