An Army officer, two soldiers, a civilian and a porter were injured today as Pakistan army resorted to heavy mortar shelling and small arms firing on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Rajouri districts.
A civilian Mushtaq Ahmed was tonight injured in Pakistan shelling in Digwar sector. He has been hospitilized.
While a Commanding Officer (CO) Col Aditya Singh and two Army jawans were injured in Mankote area of Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district, the 25-year-old porter suffered splinter injuries when a mortar shell exploded near him in Keri sector of Rajouri district, reports said.
However, there was no official word from the Army on injuries caused to the Commanding Officer and two Army jawans in Krishna Ghati sector.
The injured were evacuated to a hospital and their condition was stated to be “stable”, reports said.
Earlier, a Defence spokesman said Pakistan violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked shelling and firing from across the border in the two sectors around 11 a.m. prompting the Indian Army to give a befitting response.

Courtesy:Daily Excelsior,May 06,2019