Indian border guard killed at India-Pakistan border

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir,  An Indian border guard of India's Border Security Force (BSF) was killed in an exchange of fire on India-Pakistan International Border at the Kashmir region, officials said Sunday.

The ceasefire violation took place Saturday evening in Budhwar area of Suchetgarh sub-sector in R. S. Pora, around 45-km south of Jammu city, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, the officials said.

According to the available details, Pakistani Rangers Saturday resorted to heavy firing at 19:15 p.m. local time targeting forward BSF posts at Budhwar in Arnia sub sector killing a BSF personal.

"Firing from Pakistan side continued for about 40 minutes. The BSF personal guarding the border retaliated, triggering an exchange of fire between two sides," said an official.

The slain BSF personal was identified as Jai Kishan. The BSF officials are going to convene a flag meeting with Pakistani Rangers Sunday to discuss the issue.

Earlier Pakistan's Urdu TV channel Express reported that at least one Pakistani was killed and 13 others including three Pakistani Rangers were injured on Sunday morning as Indian army fired across the border near the Pakistani city of Sialkot.

According to the local media reports, the clash broke out at about 9:30 a.m. local time in the Bajra Ghari area of Sialkot, a city located in eastern part of Pakistan, which borders India.

Local media reports said that the firing stopped following the retaliation by the Pakistani Rangers, a special armed force in Pakistan.

New Delhi and Islamabad in 2003 agreed to observe a ceasefire along the International Border and the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.

Though some violations have been reported on both sides, the ceasefire remains in effect. A guerrilla war is also going on between militants and the Indian troops stationed in Indian- controlled Kashmir over the past two decades.

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