“Indian troops initiated ceasefire violation in Khuiratta sector along LOC. Pakistan army troops responded befittingly. Reports of heavy losses to Indian troops in men and material. During intense exchange of fire, a valiant soldier Sepoy Fazal Elahi, age 35 years embraced shahadat,” the statement said.

The statement noted that Indian Army troops resorted to unprovoked fire in Kotkotera Sector deliberately targeting civilian population.

Due to indiscriminate fire of automatics in Phalni Bazar, a 34-year-old male suffered critical injuries.

“In Hotspring Sector, Pakistan army troops shot down an Indian Army Quad copter. Indian Quad Copter had come 100 meters inside own territory. The unprovoked act was responded befittingly wherein own troops shot down the quad-copter.”

“In year 2020, 16 x Indian quad-copters have been shot down by Pakistan Army,” the statement added

Dozens of people have recently been on both sides in clashes between Pakistani and Indian troops along the de facto Kashmir frontier.

The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistani controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serves as the de facto border.

Originally known as the Cease-fire Line, it was redesignated as the Line of Control following the Simla Agreement. (ILKHA)