Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 22: A 40-year-old woman was injured today as Pakistan troops violated the ceasefire by resorting to shelling and firing on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
The firing from across the border started in Rajouri’s Nowshera sector this morning and that in Mendhar, Krishna Ghati and Poonch sectors went on overnight, reports said.
The Indian Army retaliated befittingly in all the sectors.
A police official said Neena Devi wife of Dev Raj, a resident of Sher Makdi village, was injured when a shell exploded near her house in Nowshera sector late this evening.
The woman was evacuated to a hospital, reports said, adding that a number of villages were hit by the Pakistani shelling, also damaging several residential houses.
Condition of the injured woman was stated to be stable.
Earlier in the day, the defence spokesperson said, “At about 10.15 am (on Sunday), Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms and shelling with mortars in Nowshera sector (Rajouri). The Indian Army retaliated befittingly.”
“There was also ceasefire violation by Pakistan at many places in Mendhar, Krishna Ghati and Poonch sectors during the intervening night of December 21 and 22,” he added.
However, there was no report of any casualty in the cross-border firing in Poonch district. The Pakistani firing stopped in Poonch district early in the morning.
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