Jawan dies in Pak shelling along LoC in J&K after India's strike on terror camps
The official X account of 16 Corps, Indian Army on Wednesday night confirmed that an Indian jawan was killed in Pakistan shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes after India struck nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
"GOC and all ranks of White Knight Corps salute the supreme sacrifice of L/Nk Dinesh Kumar of 5 Fd Regt, who laid down his life on 07 May 25 during Pakistan Army shelling. We also stand in solidarity with all victims of the targeted attacks on innocent civilians in Poonch Sector," it wrote.
Codenamed Operation Sindoor, India's strikes on terror camps linked to three terror outfits, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen, were in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.
Pakistan resorted to arbitrary firing and heavy shelling along the Line of Control and the International Border after Operation Sindoor. At least 15 Indians were killed and 43 others injured in Pakistan's cross-border shelling in the Poonch and Tangdhar regions of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources told India Today TV. The Indian Army reportedly responded swiftly, targeting multiple Pakistan Army posts in the Kupwara and Rajouri-Poonch sectors and inflicting heavy military casualties.
One of the shells fired by Pakistan struck a corner of Gurudwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, damaging a door and shattering window panes, said Narinder Singh, President of the District Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee.
"12 people have died in cross-border shelling in different areas of the Poonch district," Singh added.
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