‘646 incidents of ceasefire violations along IB, LoC till Feb 23’

There were a total of 646 incidents of ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pakistan International Border (IB) as well as the Line of Control (LoC) between January 1 and February 23 this year, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said on Wednesday.

“There have been 27 encounters with militants in theUnion Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) since August 5 last year toFebruary 23 this year. Forty five militants were neutralised and 7 securityforce personnel were also martyred,” the minister stated.

   

“In addition, 132 cases of cross border firing fromAugust 5, 2019 to December 31, 2019 and 41 cases of cross border firing betweenJanuary 1 and February 15 this year along the international border and LOC inunion territory of J&K were committed,” Naik stated.Ina written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the minister said that during 2019,there were 1,586 incidents of ceasefire violations at the LoC and Indo-Pakistaninternational border

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