MUZAFFARABAD: At least three Pak Army jawans were martyred in
India’s unwarranted attack on Pakistani check post at Line of Control
portion in Neelam Valley, Azad Kashmir on Thursday.
According
to Director General ISPR Maj Gen Athar Abbas, Indian army, without any
provocation, launched an attack on Pak Army’s check post in Dodunial
Sector over Line of Control three days back, martyring three personnel
of Pakistani military.
General Abbas said that Indian soldiers
fired on three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers who were moving from one
post to another in the Neelum Valley.
"They were engaged by
fire from across the Line of Control," General Abbas said.
"Subsequently, they lost their way, and later on their bodies were
recovered yesterday."
Maj Gen Athar Abbas said that Pakistan
Army Commander of the area has taken up the matter with his Indian
counterpart and investigation has been launched into the attack.
Rising into prompt action, Pak Army retaliated the attack vigorously, forcing the enemies to take to heels.
There are reports of heavy loss of lives on Indian side as well.
Meanwhile
Col. J. S. Brar, a spokesman for the Indian Army in Kashmir, said that
the shooting began over an infiltration attempt by Pakistani militants
on Tuesday night and that Indian troops had fired across the
contentious border only after incoming fire wounded one of their
soldiers. An Indian officer was killed, he added.
"The Indian Army has never violated the cease-fire," Colonel Brar said.
Colonel
Brar described the episode as an "infiltration attempt," adding that if
"anybody tries to infiltrate to our side, whether a soldier or a
terrorist, we will try to stop it."
For more than six years,
the two countries have maintained a cease-fire along the Line of
Control. Colonel Brar insisted that the cease-fire had not been
violated, but Major General Abbas said that it had.
"We
strongly protest this unprovoked violation of the cease-fire," he said.
"Three troops lost their lives. This is serious business. We would like
to know why it happened, and why our troops were fired upon."
Azad
Kashmir’s Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majid also condemned India for
unprovoked attack and violation of Line of Control and demanded United
States to take immediate notice. Online
