SRINAGAR: Two army men were killed in Pakistani troops firing and shelling along Line of Control (LoC) while two militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
An army official in Srinagar told Express that a soldier was killed in Pakistani sniper firing along LoC in Machil sector in border district of Kupwara this afternoon.
He said the army men also fired on the Pakistani posts.
“Our men fired from heavy weapons on Pakistan army posts.”
However, the damage caused to their posts and casualties suffered by Pakistani troops could not be known immediately, the official said.
Meanwhile, defense spokesman in Jammu Lt Col Manish Mehta said an army man, who was critically injured in Pakistani troops firing along LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district yesterday, succumbed to injuries today.
The slain soldier, who was identified as Naik Harindra Kumar Yadav, 30, of Ballia District, Uttar Pradesh, is survived by wife, and three young children.
Another soldier identified as Non-Commissioned Officer, Naik Prem Singh was also killed in the Pakistani firing in Nowshera sector yesterday.
Mehta said Army responded appropriately to the unprovoked firing by the Pakistan troops and caused heavy damage to Pakistan army posts.
Meanwhile, an encounter broke out between militants and security forces at village Dursoo, Dangiwacha in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district this afternoon.
“The encounter started after militants fired on search party of the troops in the village. The fire was returned by the troops and in the ensuing gunfight, two militants were killed,” an army official told Express.
He said two AK rifles were recovered from the encounter site.
The official said the slain militants seem to be foreigners. “Their identity and the outfit to which they owe allegiance was being ascertained”.