POONCH: An Army jawan was killed in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistani Army in the Balakot sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday (August 1), ANI.
On Wednesday, an Army porter was killed in an unprovoked ceasefire violation initiated by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla by firing mortars and other weapons, according to Chinar Corps, Indian Army.
In today’s incident, Sepoy Rohin Kumar was critically injured and he later succumbed to his injuries.
Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand confirmed the killing.
Kumar, a resident of Himachal Pradesh, was a brave, highly motivated and a sincere soldier, the Army spokesperson said.
This is the seventh killing of soldiers along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri sector in Pakistan shelling in the past two months.
