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Jammu and Kashmir: 4 jawans killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Rajouri

JAMMU: An army captain and three jawans were killed and at least four people injured on Sunday as Pakistan opened unprovoked and indiscriminate firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri districts. Indian positions are retaliating effectively and strongly. 22-year-old Captain Kapil Kundu, a resident of village Ransika in Haryana's Gurgaon district, was killed in the shelling. Havildar Roshan Lal, 42,resident  of Samba district, 27-year-old Riflemen Ramavatar of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and Subham Singh (23) of J&K's Kathua district were also killed. Pakistani forces opened unprovoked and heavy firing and shelling along LoC in Bhimbher Gali sector of Rajouri district this evening, PTI quoted a senior army official as saying. "Martyrdom of Indian Army soldiers will not go in vain. The unprovoked action by the Pakistan Army will be given a befitting response," the official told PTI. In the heavy shelling, three jawans were killed and two others injured, they said, adding that Indian Army was giving a befitting reply as heavy exchanges were on. Earlier on Sunday, a 15-year-old girl and a soldier were injured as Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by targeting forward villages and posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Rajouri districts. With these casualties, 17 people, including nine security personnel, died and 70 were injured in Pakistani shelling and firing along the LoC and International Border in the Jammu region this year.
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