A 65-year-old man was killed when Indian troops resorted to “unprovoked” firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Danna sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.
Zulfiqar, a resident of Mouji village, died after Indian border force targeted civilian population in Danna sector, the statement added.
“Indian post undertaking fire [was] targeted in response by Pakistan Army troops,” the ISPR said.
The latest violence along the heavily-militarised border comes after weeks of relative calm.
Just two days earlier, the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan and Indian had made a hotline contact and expressed “general satisfaction” over the situation along the LoC and Working Boundary since their last communication on May 29 for reinvigorating the ceasefire agreement.
While Indian DGMO had held out the assurance that no such action which might vitiate the atmosphere at the LoC would be taken, his Pakistani counterpart promised “investigation” if “actionable intelligence” was provided regarding certain Indian allegations, local TV reported.
