Srinagar: A Border Security Force (BSF) head-constable has been killed in a fresh incident of firing by the Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
The BSF said on Thursday that the Pakistan Rangers resorted to "unprovoked fring" targeting its forward posts in the Ramgarh sector of the IB shortly after midnight Thursday. "At about 12:20 a.m., Pakistan Rangers started firing at Narayanpur post in Ramgarh (Samba) without any provocation. The BSF retaliated, using the same caliber weapons, "it said. The exchange of firing continued for some time, the police sources said.
A BSF head-constable identified as Lal Farnn Kima critically injured in the firing was immediately evacuated to Community Health Centre Hospital at Ramgarh. After initial treatment, he was referred to the Governmet Medical College Hospital at Jammu. However, he succumbed to his injuries on way to the winter capital, the police and BSF sources said.
Samba's Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary said though the firing has stopped tension persists in the border belt.
This is third incident of firing along the IB ii the past one month.
On October 27, two BSF jawans and a woman resident were injured in the Pakistan Rangers' firing and shelling in the twin sectors of Arnia and Suchetgarh along the IB called 'Working Boundary' by Islamabad.
The BSF had said that two of its jawans were injured in a similar incident in the Arnia sector on October 17.
Pakistan had blamed BSF for the previous incidents and said its troops initiated firing on both these occasions.
However, the two sides had at a meeting of the local commanders held immediately after the October 26-27 firing incidents pledged to abide by the November 2003 ceasefire agreement which was renewed by the military leaderships of the two countries in February 2021. BSF had said that it lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan Rangers over its targeting Indian forward posts and civilian population along the IB without any provocation at the local commanders meeting.
