Five Civilians Killed, Drone ‘Downed’ Along India-Pakistan Border

The ISPR and the Foreign Office giving details said that the firing by the Indian BSF in thePhuklian-Akhnor sector started early morning on July 15, 2015, which continued till sunset.

A woman, Poli Devi, was killed and six others, including two BSF jawans, were injured on Wednesday in firing and mortar shelling in Jammu district by Pakistan Rangers.

“We sought an end to the firing as well as corrective steps on their part”, he said.

According to government sources, India lodged protest both in Islamabad as well as in Delhi over the incident.

He further informed that NSA again spoke to High Commissioner about the same.

Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar accuses Pakistan of increased hostility at the LoC.

On 14 October United Nation military observer group in Pakistan and India visited Charwah, Chaprar and Pukhlian sectors and on the Working Boundary near Sialkot to gather firsthand account of damage caused to human lives and property due to ceasefire violations.

“They have discarded all our peace initiatives and have proved that their elected prime minister is a dummy whereas the real power centre is their army and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI)”, Gupta said. The fire originated from the Pakistani rangers post.

The Indian High Commissioner has assured to convey the message to his authorities. And then Basit called up around 5.30 pm to report the alleged drone incident.

Stating that Pakistan was trying to shift blame of ceasefire violations, India cautioned it about “effective and forceful response” to an unprovoked firing. “The drone appears to be of Chinese design and is commercially available off the shelf”, he added.

In the last four days the Indian Army claimed to have killed two militants and foiled two attempts of infiltration from the Pakistani side of the Line of Control, which separates the divided Kashmir.

Pakistan has triggered a fresh controversy by claiming to have shot down an Indian drone that was on a “spying mission” in order to bury the peace moves made in Ufa, Russia, during the SCO summit. In a statement, the military said troops downed the drone in the Bhimber sector.

On Wednesday, the Pakistani military said it had shot down an Indian surveillance drone.

Yet keeping the doors open for talks, Jaishankar reiterated that India is committed to the spirit of Ufa and the various level talks that were decided there. “That the Pakistani government, four days later, is raising a controversy over a settled issue speaks for itself”, he said.