Indian BSF officer hit in Pakistan Army retaliatory fire at LoC

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Indian BSF officer hit in Pakistan Army retaliatory fire at LoC

NEW DELHI - Indian BSF officer was injured as in retaliation Pakistan army resorted to mortar shelling and small arms firing targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.

Earlier India violated ceasefire for the second consecutive day on Monday by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Mankote and Krishna Ghati sectors of Poonch district, they said.

In Mankote, a sub-inspector of the Border Security Force was injured in shelling by Pakistan troops, the officials said.

The officer was hospitalised and he is stable, they added.