Powerful IEDs recovered near LoC ahead of polling for Udhampur seat
Reports said that the IEDs were recovered near the Line of Control (LoC) in a joint search operation by the Rashtriya Rifles of the Indian Army, CRPF and J&K Police.
Three children were injured on Saturday as Pakistan shelled Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Indian troops were retaliating.
Police said Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked, indiscriminate shelling and firing in Balakote sector of Poonch district on Saturday evening, in which the children were injured.
The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment, a police officer said.
Advertisement
Defence ministry sources said Indian positions are retaliating effectively and strongly and firing exchanges between the two sides are still going on.
Schools in areas close to the LoC in Poonch have already been closed due to Pakistan targeting of civilian facilities.
Advertisement
