RAWALPINDI, Dec 23 (TNS): An Indian Army major along with two soldiers has been killed and another two injured in retaliatory fire by Pakistan army at Line of Control at Keri in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday afternoon.
According to sources Indian troops as usual started firing on Pakistan Army position and civilian locations without any provocation. Pak troops retaliated strongly and effectively and inflicted heavy casualties to the aggressive enemy.
Indian defense sources have confirmed the killing of said troops identified as Major Prafulla Ambadas (32), Lance-Naik Gurmail Singh (34) and Sepoy Pargat Singh (30).
Indian Defence spokesman has put the incident as “An area domination patrol of the 2 Sikh battalion deployed in the Keri area, under the 120 Infantry Brigade, was underway when it came under fire from Pakistan army posts at about 12.15pm.
Despite the ceasefire in place, the two countries continue to exchange heavy fire at different places along the Line of Control (LoC) on a daily basis.
