A BSF officer and a five-year-old girl were killed on Monday as Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Six houses were damaged in the intense shelling by Pakistani troopers. The firing and shelling by the Pakistani Army was going on intensely in Krishnagati, Kerni, Mankote, Gulpur, Degwar Shahpur and Poonch sub-sectors when last reports came in. A defence spokesperson said Pakistan violated the ceasefire around 7.40 a.m. by shelling mortars and firing with small arms along the LoC in Shahpur and Kerni sectors of Poonch district. Mortar shells landed in villages of Qasba, Mankote, Kerni, Guntariyan and Shahpur, forcing people to stay indoors, officials said.

Source: The Hindu April 01, 2019 16:18 UTC