ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army on Thursday accused Indian troops of opening fire and seriously injuring a male civilian along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.
Indian troops opened fire at around 8:30 am on Thursday in the Tatta Pani sector, seriously injuring one civilian who was evacuated to a military hospital, Pakistani military officials said.
“Today (in the) morning at about 0830 hours, Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing at the LoC (Line of Control) … One civilian Kaka Sana Muhammad … was seriously wounded due to the unprovoked firing by Indian troops,” the official said.
“The injured Kaka Sana is being evacuated to a military hospital,” said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The incident comes amid a recent spike in tension across the heavily militarised border as India accused Pakistani forces of being involved in an attack on one of its army posts in which five of its soldiers were killed.
“The attack was carried out by 20 heavily-armed terrorists, along with persons in Pakistani army uniform,” said Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony.
Pakistan rejected the allegations and reiterated its commitment to a ceasefire agreement reached in 2003.
“These are baseless and unfounded allegations. Our military authorities have confirmed that there had been no exchange of fire that could have resulted in such an incident,” a Foreign Office statement on the reported LoC incident said on Tuesday.
