A BSF officer and a five-year-old girl were killed Monday as Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling on forwarding areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said. A BSF officer was killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani army along LoC in Poonch district, officials said. The firing and shelling by Pakistani army were going on intensely in Krishnagati, Kerni, Mankote, Gulpur, Degwar Shahpur, and Poonch sub-sectors when the last reports came in. A defense spokesperson said Pakistan violated the ceasefire around 7.40 am 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, Hungarian, and Shahpur, forcing people to stay indoors, officials said.

Source: dna April 01, 2019 15:45 UTC