Soldier killed, 4 Army men injured in Pak shelling

An Army jawan was killed while four others including a lieutenant were injured as Pakistani troops fired mortar bombs at forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said.

The cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops started in Krishna Ghati sector this morning and continued for over two hours, resulting in injuries to five soldiers including an officer, an Army officer said.

One of the injured soldiers later succumbed to injuries at the military hospital.

The deceased jawan was identified as 20-year-old Sepoy Mustapure Shubham Suryakant, a resident of Konerwadi village in Parbhani district of Maharashtra. The nation will always remain indebted to him for his supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty, defence spokesman Col. N N Joshi said. Suryakant is survived by his mother Sunita,