Jammu, April 2: Seven Pakistani posts across the LoC were destroyed as the Army retaliated to cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops who targeted border areas in Rajouri and Poonch districts, officials said on Tuesday.
There had been several casualties to Pakistani troops too, they said.
As a precautionary measure, all schools along the borderline in Poonch and Rajouri districts have been closed.
On Monday, a BSF inspector and a five-year-old girl were among the three people killed while 24 others were injured as Pakistani troops heavily shelled forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district, prompting the Army to retaliate “befittingly”, said officials.
There was heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Poonch district and Nowshera sector of Rajouri district till Tuesday morning, officials said.
There was also firing and shelling by Pakistan troops in Shahpur sub-sector in Poonch and Nowshera on Tuesday, they said.
In the retaliation carried out by Indian troops, seven Pakistan posts across the LoC in Rakhchikri and Rawalakote forward areas of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) were destroyed, they said, adding that there had been several causalities on the Pakistani side.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan has said that three Pakistan Army soldiers were killed on Tuesday in retaliation carried out by Indian forces along the LoC.
Pakistan has been using heavy weaponry and 120 mm mortar bombs to target civilian areas along the LoC in Poonch, triggering panic among villagers, they said.
Amid the ongoing shelling by Pakistan, people had been advised to stay indoors, the officials said. PTI
