BSF soldier injured after Pak violates ceasefire near LoC in Jammu: Report

A personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured after Pakistani forces violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu on Wednesday, news agency PTI reported.

The Indian troops retaliated to the unprovoked firing from the other side of the LoC and gave a befitting reply to the Pakistani Rangers. However, there was no immediate report of any casualties or injuries on the other side.

“At about 2.35 am, an incident of unprovoked firing in the Akhnoor area from across the border happened, and which was befittingly responded by the BSF. One BSF personnel sustained injuries in Pakistani firing”, a spokesperson of the force was quoted as saying by PTI.

Following the Pakistani offensive, Indian troops along the International Border and the LoC have been put on high alert, he added.

Notably, the frequency of incidents of ceasefire violations has been very low since 2021, when the two countries renewed the ceasefire agreement. However, in the first casualty on the Indian side in over three years, a BSF personnel was killed in a Pakistani firing in the Ramgarh sector last year.

The latest ceasefire violation by the Pakistan forces comes when Jammu and Kashmir is preparing to vote for an Assembly election for the first time in 10 years.

The three-phase elections in Jammu and Kashmir are slated to begin on September 18, with the second and third phases to be held on September 25 and October 1, respectively.

The counting of votes will be done and results will be declared on October 8.