BSF soldier killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in J&K’s Arnia sector

A Border Security Forces soldier was killed in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir’s RS Pora sector on Wednesday night.

BSF head constable A Suresh was killed in Arnia sector in the heavy cross-border firing by Pakistan on yesterday.

“In night intervening of January 17 and 18 Head Constable A Suresh of 78th battalion of BSF was martyred during cross border fire initiated from Pakistan territory”, a BSF spokesman at Jammu Frontier said.

The soldier belongs to Bandara Chetty Patty village of Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu.

Fresh tension has gripped the area after Pakistan Rangers opened unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on the Indian posts and civilian areas in Arnia sector on Wednesday night.

Pakistan’s provocation comes three days after Indian Army, in a tit-for-tat action, killed seven Pakistan army soldiers including an officer in a sneak in tactical attack on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district in Jammu division.

The punitive action had come two days after Pakistan army killed Lance Naik Yogesh Muralidhar Bhadane when they resorted to heavy firing on the Indian forward positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district in the Jammu division.

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