New Delhi: Tension has continued along the India-Pakistan border, with over 375 ceasefire violations from the Pakistani side killing at least 12 of our army jawans, reportedly  since the surgical strikes by India on terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on September 28-29 night.


The surgical strikes were in response to an attack on an Army camp in Uri on September 18, in which 19 Indian soldiers were killed.

Ever since Pakistan appears to be baffled and is resorting to unlawful firing and shelling in the civilian areas.

Pakistan Army on Wednesday resorted to heavy shelling and firing at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region. Pakistan Army initiated indiscriminate ceasefire violation since 9 a.m. on Indian Army posts along the LoC in Bhimber Gali, Kris hna Ghati and Naushera sectors of Poonch and Rajouri districts.

On Tuesday, three Indian soldiers were killed and body of one of them was found brutally mutilated by Pakistan’s Border Action Team near the Line of Control in J&K’s Machil Sector.

The beheading is the second incident of mutilation of a soldier's body in less than a month. The first was the barbaric incident at the LoC in Kashmir in which the body of an Indian Army jawan, Mandeep Singh was mutilated after being killed by terrorists.

The Indian Army has vowed revenge, saying “the cowardly incident will be responded to appropriately."

India issued a demarche to Pakistan on continued violation of ceasefire along the LoC and strongly condemned increased concentration of terrorists observed across the border in the vicinity of Pakistani forward posts.

This was the third such demarche this month.

FACTS:

  • As many as 377 ceasefire violations occurred along the Line of Control and the International Boundary with Pakistan by November.

  • The number of violations till November 1 on stretches of International Boundary under the Border Security Force (BSF) control was 210.

  • With 18 soldiers dying in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in North Kashmirs Uri area on September 18, the armys combat death toll in Jammu and Kashmir is 64 this year (until September 18), the highest since 2010, when 69 soldiers died, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP).

  • Till November 14, eight army personnel were killed and 59 injured on the LoC and IB. Four BSF men were killed and seven others injured till November 1.

  • 12 civilians were killed in cross-border firing and 76 others injured till November 10.


Here is a list of some Indian soldiers and civilians who have lost their lives and been wounded since the Uri attacks:

Nov 22: Three Indian soldiers were killed and body of one of them was mutilated by Pakistan’s Border Action Team near the Line of Control in J&K’s Machil Sector. The soldier who was mutilated has been identified as 31-year-old Rifleman Prabhu Singh from Khirjankhas village in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan. The other two soldiers are Gunner Manoj K Kushwah and Rifleman Shashank K Singh, both from Gazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Nov 21:  Overnight ceasefire violations along the Line of Control left one BSF trooper dead and seven others wounded. Pakistan Army violated ceasefire in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch distric using 120 mm mortars and automatics to target Indian Army.

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Nov 20: Indian army jawans were injured as Pakistani army resorted to heavy cross-border firing in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

Nov 19: A woman was injured and two houses damaged when Pakistani troops targeted Indian posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Nowshera and Sunderbani sectors of Rajouri district with mortar bombs and small arms fire, prompting the army to give a "befitting response”.

Nov 12: An army jawan was killed in ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district. Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by indulging in firing and shelling in Keran sector.

Nov 9: An army jawan who was injured in Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Naushera sector of the district succumbed while four others were injured in overnight ceasefire violation.

Nov 6: Two army jawans were killed and five others -- two soldiers, two civilian women and a BSF officer -- were injured as Pakistani army opened unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati and Poonch sectors of Poonch district violating the ceasefire.

Oct 28:  Mandeep Singh Rawat was killed and his body mutilated by terrorists in Machhil sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Three civilians were injured as Pakistani forces resorted to heavy firing in at least two places on border areas in Jammu and Kashmir. The cross-border firing occurred at the Hiranagar sector on the International Border and Naushera on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu division.

Oct 24: A BSF head constable, was killed while another trooper and a local resident were injured in ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) in RS Pura Sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Border Security Force (BSF) trooper Sushil Kumar, 47, succumbed to injuries in an attack.

Oct 3: Two women and a man were injured in mortar and small arms firing from across the de facto boundary with Pakistan as border tension continued amid fresh ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir. Defence sources here said Pakistan Rangers fired indiscriminately using mortars and automatic weapons to target Indian border outposts in Akhnoor sector of the International Border in Jammu district.

(With inputs from agencies)