1 Soldier Dead, 4 Injured In Pak Firing Along Line Of Control In Jammu And Kashmir

A soldier was killed and four others were injured as Pakistani troops targeted forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said.
The Indian Army responded effectively, causing heavy damage to Pakistani Army posts and casualties to Pakistani soldiers, a defense spokesman said. The firing from across the border started in Mendhar and Krishna Ghati sector around 11: am. An Army man died and four others were injured in the firing, they said. The defense spokesman said Naik Ravi Ranjan Kumar Singh, 36, belonged to Bihar’s Gopi Bigha village and is survived by wife, Rita Devi.