BSF kills 7 Pak Rangers, one terrorist on border

Jammu: BSF on Friday said it had killed 7 personnel of Pakistani Rangers and a terrorist while retaliating to a ceasefire violation on the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir in which one BSF jawan was injured.
Pakistan Rangers, the border force of Pakistan, resorted to sniper attacks at Indian posts at Hira Nagar in Kathua at around 9:35 am, BSF said.
The Indian border guarding force launched an aggressive offensive against the Pakistani firing, BSF said in a release, adding seven Rangers and a terrorist were shot dead in the retaliatory firing.
Suggesting that the killings had been corroborated by Pakistani media, the BSF said “source input” claimed that a media organisation in that country was running a news item about death of 5 Rangers.
The strong response by the BSF came after Constable Gurnam Singh was injured in a sniper fire attack by Pakistani Rangers on Friday morning in the same area.
Singh, whose condition is said to be critical, was evacuated with cover fire to Government Medical College, Jammu. (PTI)