Jammu: Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged firing in some sectors along the
international border (IB) and the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, even
as a police personnel wounded in the shelling on February 9 succumbed to injuries on
February 10, official sources said.
Exchange of small arms intermittent firing between the two sides took place at
several places along the IB in R S Pura, Samba and Arnia sectors on February 9 night
without causing any casualty, they said.
Pakistani troops targetted some border outposts in Hiranagar sector of Kathua
district for about half an hour on February 10 morning, they said.
The two sides exchanged heavy mortar shelling in Bhawani sector of Rajouri
district.
Meanwhile, a police constable, Mohammad Shafiq, seriously injured in shelling by
Pakistani troops in Balakote on February 9, succumbed to injuries in a
hospital.
PTI
