Indian Army continues unrestricted shelling on the Line of Control (LoC), resulting in the death of a 4-year-old boy in Neelum area of Azad Kashmir and injured four others in other areas.
Raja Mehmood Shahid, deputy commissioner of Neelam, said that the Indian Army shelled Tehsil Sharda village in Bantal that afternoon, killing 4-year-old Hussain Mir.
He said that the innocent child was standing in the home front o at the same time, the shell came from which he was not aware and died on the spot.
It is to be noted that two days ago, severe shelling was also reported in Bantal and Dodniwal areas which injured 4 people while around 33 buffaloes were hit.
Indian Army troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation late last night along LOC and Working Boundary in Chirikot and Shakargarh Sectors deliberately targeting civilian population.
Due to indiscriminate fire of mortars in Chirikot Sector along LOC … (1/2)— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) April 12, 2020
Deputy Commissioner Neelam said that the financial loss from the shelling of the Indian Army could not be ascertained yet.
Apart from Neelam, Indian forces also opened fire in Haveli district of Rakh Chakri sector.
Police officer Raja Khalid said that 26-year-old Waqar Hussain and 70-year-old Muhammad Mohammad Sharif were injured in the early morning firing in the village of Hyundai Piran and Kearini.
According to Azad Jammu and Kashmir Department of Civil Defense and Disaster Management Secretary Syed Shahid Mohi-ud-Din, Indian shelling killed 3 people in 2020 while 54 people, including 16 women, were injured.
Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider said in a statement on Twitter that “indiscriminate firing and ceasefire violations by the Indian Army are not only harming civilians but also the ongoing efforts in the area against the Corona virus.” Is hurting ‘.
“Will UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres take serious notice of this atrocity,” he said.
Babar Iftikhar, director-general of the Pakistan Army’s Public Relations Department, said in a statement on social networking site Twitter that the Indian Army last night banned the Line of Control and Working Boundary in Shakargarh. Outrageously fired in violation of agreement.
He said the Indian army deliberately targeted civilians at both locations.
He said 35-year-old resident of Srian village was injured when a mortar shell fired by Indian Army in Chari Kot sector on Line of Control was injured while 57-year-old resident of Nangal village on working boundary in Shakargarh. One person was seriously injured in firing.