22 October,2016 10:03 AM IST | | Agencies
The strong response came after a BSF jawan was injured in sniper fire by Pakistan Rangers yesterday
The ceasefire violation was in Kathua district. Pic for representation
Jammu: BSF yesterday said it had killed 7 personnel of Pakistani Rangers and a terrorist while retaliating to a ceasefire violation on the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir in which one BSF jawan was injured.
Constable Gurnam Singh while being evacuated. Pic/PTI
Pakistan Rangers, the border force of Pakistan, resorted to sniper attacks at Indian posts at Hira Nagar in Kathua at around 9.35 AM, BSF said.
The Indian border guarding force launched an aggressive offensive against the Pakistani firing, BSF said in a release, adding seven Rangers and a terrorist were shot dead in the retaliatory firing.
Seeking to suggest that the killings had been corroborated by Pakistani media, the BSF said "source input" claimed that a media organisation in that country was running a news item about death of 5 Rangers.
Reason for retaliation
The strong response by the BSF came after one of their Constables Gurnam Singh was injured in sniper fire attack by Pakistani Rangers yesterday morning in the same area. Singh, whose condition is considered to be critical, was evacuated with cover fire to Government Medical College, Jammu. Singh was mainly instrumental in repulsing infiltration on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday, a BSF spokesman said.
Pak says no loss
Pakistan Army yesterday claimed that there was no loss of life on its side in firing at the border.
