A woman was killed and a jawan injured as the Pakistani army shelled civilian areas and forward posts in six sectors along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri districts Thursday, drawing heavy retaliation from the Indian forces, an official said.
This is the seventh consecutive day that Pakistan has targeted forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC).
"The Pakistan army continuously resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations along the LoC at about 1500 hours with heavy mortar shelling and small arms fire in Sunderbani, Mankote, Khari Karmara, Degwar Sectors in J&K," a defence spokesperson said.
The firing had started around 6 am, he added.
"At about 1415 hours, Pakistani troops initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along the LoC at Nowshera sector in Rajouri," the official said.
There was another round of firing from across the border around 1 pm along the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector, he said, adding, "The Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively."