Pakistani firing kills BSF trooper in Jammu

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A BSF trooper was killed after Pakistan Rangers resorted unprovoked firing on the International Border in Samba district of Jammu on Wednesday.
"Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on the Regal border outpost of BSF in Samba district of Jammu region," a senior police officer told IANS in winter capital Jammu. "A BSF trooper was killed in Pakistan firing, which is still going on (around 1.45 pm). BSF has effectively retaliated," the police officer added.
The trooper has not been identified yet. The trooper was killed after BSF troops foiled an infiltration bid along border.



The death of the trooper comes a day after Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar asked the forces to retaliate to Pakistani firing "with double force."
The minister told journalists on Tuesday night that Indian troops do not breach the 2003 ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, IANS reported. 
"I would say, don't agitate, react appropriately but without holding yourself back. When something happens, retaliate with double the force," he said. "If terrorists attack any defence establishment, the instruction is (to) neutralise them without losing any men," he added. 
The minister was reacting to the news of a soldier injured in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwalla sector.

Parrikar, however, said that the number of border firing incidents had fallen along the LoC.
"(This) has come down along the LoC. It had increased along the (international border). But even that has gone down in the last two months compared to last year," he said.

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