A soldier and a civilian were injured when the Pakistani army resorted to firing and mortar shelling on forward Indian posts in Poonch and Rajouri districts today.
Pakistani troops used small arms to target posts in Poonch district at about 6.30 am. Sources said at about 10 am, troops of the Baloch Regiment used sniper rifles to target Indian soldiers manning the forward posts in the Baba Khori area in Nowshera sub-division. The sources added that Naik Sushil Kumar of the Punjab unit had a narrow escape and received splinter injuries in the incident. He was immediately taken to a nearby Army medical centre. Later, he was shifted to the Army hospital at Rajouri and is out of danger. At about 5 pm, the Pakistani army resorted to firing on Indian posts in the Jhangar sector manned by the Jat Regiment. In the firing, civilian Susheel Kumar, a resident of Sariya village, was injured and admitted to a hospital at Nowshera.
Pak shelling leaves jawan, civilian hurt in Poonch and Rajouri
