SRINAGAR: An Indian soldier shot and killed his senior on Tuesday in held-Kashmir along the Line of Control.
Army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said the Indian soldier shot and killed his senior officer at a frontier post in Uri following a dispute between the two. An investigation by the army and police is under way.
Separately, Indian soldiers exchanged fire with unknown gunmen as they tried to cross the LoC. “Two bodies and three weapons were seized from the site of the firing,” Kalia claimed.
Pakistani officials said that at least two civilians were killed and 11 others wounded in cross-border firing by Indian soldiers.
“A man and woman were martyred and seven others were wounded in firing by Indian troops in Sumahni sector,” local government official Chaudhry Guftar said.
Pakistan government official Raja Arshad said four people were also wounded when another volley of shots were fired across the border into Nakyal sector.
Published in Daily Times, July 19th , 2017.
