Trooper wounded in ceasefire violation dies; BSF pays tributes

Trooper wounded in ceasefire violation dies; BSF pays tributes

Jammu :The Border Security Force held a ceremony on Sunday to pay their tributes to the trooper who was fatally shot in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan recently. The trooper, Gurnam Singh, was wounded in a sniper attack in Bobiya area of Hira Nagar sector on Friday. He was admitted to Government Medical College, Jammu, but died late on Saturday night.Singh belonged to Bhalesar village in Jammu’s RS Pura.The BSF claimed it killed seven Pakistan Rangers and a militant in retaliatory firing on Friday.Saturday witnessed heavy shelling on the international border after Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing, forcing authorities to advise residents of border villages to stay indoors.There has been frequent shelling across the border since India conducted coordinated surgical strikes on September 28.

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