J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire in Baramulla district

J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire in Baramulla district

Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire for the second day in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Smoke billows from a forest after ceasefire violation by Pakistan. (PTI picture for representation)

Pakistan has violated the ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district for the second consecutive day. The ceasefire was violated along the Line of Control in the Kamalkot sector of Uri in Baramulla district on Saturday.

On Friday, a 48-year-old woman was killed and another person injured after Pakistani troops violated ceasefire in Rampur sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

"On 12 June, in the morning hours, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Rampur sector of district Baramulla by firing mortars and other weapons," a defence spokesman said.

Four residential houses and a mosque were damaged in the shelling by Pakistani troops, the official said.

(With PTI inputs)

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Posted byChanchal Chauhan