New Delhi: An army jawan was killed and three others were seriously injured during a heavy exchange of firing between India and Pakistan along the line of control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The firing took place in the Shahpur-Kerni sector on Saturday night, prompting the Army to strongly retaliate. Three Indian Army personnel were injured in the Pakistani firing and were immediately evacuated to hospital, where one of them died during treatment, the officials said. Also Read| Amid Covid-19 Crisis, 127 Young Soldiers Inducted Into Ladakh Scouts

This is the third fatality this month due to Pakistani firing and shelling on forwarding posts and villages in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri.

The officials also said that the casualties suffered by the Pakistani Army in the retaliatory action were yet to be clarified.

Three days ago, an Army officer was killed and a civilian injured in Mendhar sector after Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and small arms fire at various places in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Army PRO Lt Colonel Devender Anand said a few houses were damaged in Nowshera sector due to the “intense” mortar shelling along the LoC in Rajouri district and later in Poonch’s Balakote sector. The Indian troops retaliated befittingly, he added.

On June 4, havaldar P Mathiazhagan was killed in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district, while on June 10, Naik Gurcharan Singh lost his life in a similar firing incident in Rajouri sector.

(With PTI Inputs)

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