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This Article is From Sep 20, 2011

Pak troops fire at BSF patrol in Jammu and Kashmir, sub-inspector killed

Jammu: In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani forces today opened fire on a Border Security Force patrol, killing a sub-inspector and injuring a civilian along the Line of Control in (LoC) Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.

"There was a firing from across the border (Pakistan) on a patrolling party of BSF along the International Border close to Ghallar post in Samba district at around 1600 hours today", DIG, BSF, (G Branch) J S Oberoi said.

In the firing, one BSF Sub-Inspector (SI) S P Rana was critically injured besides a civilian Subash Kumar, he said adding Rana was shifted to district hospital at Samba where he succumbed to his injuries.

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