Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 3: After a brief lull, Pakistani troops today again violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) at forward village of Khari Karmara in Poonch district inviting very strong and effective retaliation from the Indian side.
The shelling from across the LoC began in Khari Karmara and some surrounding areas at 10.55 am and continued for about an hour, official sources said, adding that the troops from this side retaliated effectively to the Pakistani firing and shelling.
Pakistan army targeted forward posts of the Indian Army and civilian areas with mortars, automatic and semi-automatic weapons.
“There was no report of any casualty in the latest ceasefire violation on the Indian side. However, casualties or damages, if any, on other side of the LoC in retaliation by the Indian troops, were not known,” sources said.
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Pakistani troops resorted to firing and shelling along the LoC after a gap of three days. Pakistan had violates ceasefire on the LoC for three consecutive days from November 27 to 29 at Sunderbani and Janghar areas of Rajouri district.
Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir more than 720 times this year, the highest in past seven years.
According to the data compiled by the Union Home Ministry, Pakistani forces have violated ceasefire 724 times along the IB and the LoC till October in comparison to 449 times in 2016.
As many as 12 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed in the firing from across the border till October this year, a Home Ministry official said quoting the data.
A total of 79 civilians and 67 security personnel were also injured in the firing.
The truce between India and Pakistan along the International Border, the Line of Control and the Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir came into force in November 2003.
India shares a 3,323-km-long border with Pakistan of which 221 km of the IB and 740 km of the LoC fall in Jammu and Kashmir.
In 2016, there were 449 incidents of ceasefire violations in which 13 civilians and 13 security personnel were killed and 83 civilians and 99 security personnel injured.
In 2014, there were 583 incidents of ceasefire violation in which 14 civilians and three security personnel were killed and 101 civilians and 28 security personnel injured.
In 2015, the number of ceasefire violations was 405, 347 in 2013, 114 in 2012, 62 in 2011 and 70 in 2010.
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