Jammu, Oct 5 (IANS): Pakistan troops on Monday violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Rajouri district, to which Indian forces retaliated in a befitting manner. No casualty on the Indian side was reported.
Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Devender Anand said: "At around 6.30 pm, Pakistan troops took to unprovoked firing with small firearms and intense shelling with mortars along the LoC in Nowshera Sector. The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly."
Since the beginning of this year, Pakistan has violated with impunity the bilateral ceasefire agreement signed by the two countries in 1999.
In over 3,190 such LoC ceasefire violations since January 2020, at least 24 civilians have been killed and 100 others injured.