NEW DELHI: Four Indian Army personnel were killed and another was injuredin Pakistani Army retaliatory shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) inJammu and Kashmir’s Raj our district on Sunday, reported news agency ANI.

Pakistani troops responded to ceasefire and resorted to heavy firing andshelling in Rajouri district’s Bhimber Gali sector this evening and theIndian casualties occurred in the ensuing exchange of fire. The Army wasgiving a befitting reply as heavy exchanges were on, reported PTI quoting asenior army official.

Earlier, a jawan and two civilians were injured as Pakistani army targetedforward posts in retaliation in Poonch and Rajouri districts.

The injured civilians were identified as Shahnaz Bano (15) and Yasin Arif(14), residents of Islamabad village, a police official told PTI. Both ofthem were hospitalised.

Pakistan responded to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from small arms,automatics, and mortars around 1110 hours.

Nine security personnel, were killed and over 70 injured in retaliatoryshelling and firing by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border inthe Jammu region this year.

While there were no ceasefire violations by Pakistan reported along the IBsince January 22, intermittent shelling has taken place along the LoC.