Jammu, June 16:  In a fresh incident of ceasefire violation, Army Jawan Sepoy Bikas Gurung has lost his life in Nowshera in Rajauri district of Jammu and Kashmir.  Earlier on Saturday,  Pakistan violated ceasefire at 0400 hours in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir.  Meanwhile, a total of two Pakistani nationals were apprehended by BSF, one 22-year-old and another 31-year-old in Samba Sector.

Earlier this week, four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, including an officer, were killed and three others injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistan. The firing took place along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior BSF officer informed.

Ram Awtar, IG, BSF (Jammu Frontier) was quoted by PTI saying that Pakistan Rangers initiated cross-border firing along IB in Ramgarh sector on Wednesday night. "We have lost four of our personnel, including an assistant commandant rank officer, while other 3 of our personnel suffered injuries", Awtar informed.

In wake of the continues ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army in Jammu And Kashmir, no sweets were exchanged at the Wagah border on the auspicious occasion of Eid on Saturday. For years, the Border Security Forces (BSF) and the Pakistani Rangers exchanged sweets at the Wagah-Attari border to mark the festival of togetherness.

The Indian forces have carried out more than 1100 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary in 2018. The ceasefire violations have resulted in the killing of 29 innocent civilians and have injured 117 others.

Earlier this week, Pakistan had summoned India's acting deputy high commissioner and condemned the alleged unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian troops across the Line of Control which resulted in the death of a civilian in Chirikot Sector. Pakistan said this unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017, when the Indian forces committed 1970 ceasefire violations.

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