2-year-old killed, 4 injured in Indian fire of heavy weapons and mortars across LoC: ISPR – Pakistan

A two-year-old boy was killed while four people were wounded in indiscriminate shooting in the past 24 hours by the Indian army in various districts near the Control Line (LoC), Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) said Monday.

"Indian army troops in total disregard for the ceasefire agreement and international conventions initiated unprovoked ceasefire violations throughout the LoC, deliberately targeting the civilian population in the Baroh, Dhudnial, Rakhchikri and Chirikot, "DG ISPR said on Twitter.

According to ISPR, the Pakistani army responded and "targeted the Indian posts that had started the fire."

The two-year-old boy who died belonged to the Dhunial sector, while four people, including a woman and a person over the age of 72, from the Baroh, Rakhchikri and Chirikot sectors suffered serious injuries.

ISPR said the wounded were evacuated to nearby medical facilities for treatment.

This is the third consecutive day that India violates the LoC agreement. The two-year-old boy's death comes a day after a four-year-old boy lost his life in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in an Indian bombardment from across the city.

Speaking to Twitter, AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider wrote: “The unremitting, indiscriminate and unrelenting rapes by the Indian Army were not only causing casualties and civilian harm, but were also disrupting our efforts to contain Covid. -19 in areas along the haunting ceasefire line [LoC]. "

"It will be the [UN Secretary General] Antonio Guterres takes serious note of this beast, "he questioned.

Indian envoy summoned for ceasefire violations

Meanwhile, Director-General (South Asia and Saarc) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri called on Indigenous Affairs Officer Gaurav Ahluwalia to record Pakistan's strong protest over ceasefire violations by Indian troops.

"Indian occupying forces throughout the LoC and the work limit have been continuously attacking civilian-populated areas with artillery fire, large-caliber mortars and automatic weapons. This year, India has so far committed 749 high-level violations. fire, "a statement from abroad. Office read.

Condemning the attacks on innocent civilians by the Indian occupying forces, the Director-General stressed that such meaningless acts, in clear violation of the 2003 Ceasefire Agreement and complete disregard for international human rights and international standards They further vitiate the tense atmosphere throughout the LoC and are a threat to regional peace and security, he said.

"He argued that by increasing tensions across the LoC and the WB, India cannot divert attention from the worsening human rights situation in Kashmir," the statement said.

The DG asked the Indian envoy to abide by the ceasefire agreement and to investigate such incidents of "deliberate violations" to maintain peace throughout the LoC and the WB, he said.

He added that India should allow the United Nations Group of Military Observers in India and Pakistan to play its mandatory role under UN Security Council resolutions, he concluded.