Pakistan media on Monday claimed that three soldiers of the Pakistan Army were killed when India responded to the neighbouring country’s ceasefire violations.
The retaliation by the Indian Army took place in Rakhchikri in Pakistan’s Rawlakot sector. One Pakistani soldier has also been injured, Dawn News reported, quoting the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
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Four soldiers, including an Indian Army major, died on Saturday after Pakistan army violated ceasefire norms in Keri Batallion area of Jammu and Kashmir. It has come to light that two other soldiers were critically injured in the fresh attack.
India strongly retaliated to the attack, shooting down a Pakistani sniper during cross-border firing in Jhangar Sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Indian and Pakistan troops traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Sunday. Pakistan Army used mortars, automatics and small firearms to target Indian positions on the LoC in the Shahpur area.
Earlier, The Indian Army on Sunday refuted media reports and categorically denied that the bodies of four Armymen, who were killed in a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday, were mutilated.
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Amid rumours doing the rounds, the Army clarified in a statement: “There has been no mutilation of bodies, the injuries suffered are due to splinters and gunshot wounds sustained due to firing by the enemy on the patrol.”
The clarification came as the nation remembered the four Armymen who got martyred on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
A Major and three soldiers were killed when Pakistani troops opened fire on an Indian Army patrol along the LoC in Keri sector of Rajouri district.
Pakistani troops targeted the Army patrol at Brat Galla in Keri sector at around 1215 hours on Saturday.
“We suffered three fatal casualties including one officer in the incident. Major Moharkar Prafulla Ambadas, Lance Naik Gurmail Singh and Sepoy Pargat Singh were grievously injured during the ceasefire violation and succumbed to their injuries. Two other personnel also sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment,” the spokesman said.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Rajouri Yougal Manhar added that one of the two injured personnel died later.
The Army, in a statement, said that Indian troops retaliated “strongly and effectively” to the “unprovoked” firing.
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Major Ambadas (32) belonged to Bhandara district in Maharashtra and is survived by wife Avoli Moharkar, while Lance Naik Gurmail Singh (34) belonged to Amritsar district in Punjab and is survived by wife Kuljit Kaur and a daughter.
Sepoy Pargat Singh (30) belonged to Karnal district in Haryana and is survived by wife Ramanpreet Kaur and a son, the Army said.
“Major Ambadas, Lance Naik Gurmail and Sepoy Pargat were brave and sincere soldiers. The nation will always remain indebted to them for their supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty,” the Army statement said.
