HIGHLIGHT
1) The
Army crossed into PoK to kill 3 Pakistani soldiers
2) This
was in retaliation for Pakistan's ceasefire violation on Saturday
3)
Separately,
security forces also killed a key operative of terror group Jaish e Mohammad
Pakistan got the taste of its own
medicine as Indian army troops crossed the LoC and killed 3
Pakistani soldiers on Monday. The Indian army had lost four of its army
personnel in a cross border fire on Saturday.
The fresh incident involved Indian troops crossing the
LoC to plant Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Rawalkot sector of
Pakistan. The ensuing exchange of fire saw three Pakistani soldiers killed.
Army retaliated in same way as Pakistan did to kill four
Indian troops. Indian Army troops crossed the LoC to plant IEDs across the
border and then killed three Pakistani soldiers in firing across the LoC. The
incident has reportedly happened in the Rawalkot sector of Pakistan across the
LoC. This was in retaliation to the four Indian Army personnel killed on
Saturday in ceasefire violation by Pakistan.
This is the first time that army crossing the LoC as a
retribution has come so vividly in public discourse after the surgical
strikes post Uri Terror attack.
"Major Moharkar Prafulla Ambadas, Lance Naik Gurmail
Singh and Sepoy Pargat Singh were grievously injured during the ceasefire
violation and succumbed to injuries. Two other personnel also sustained
injuries and are under medical treatment," an army spokesperson said.
"The incident started when Pakistani troops targeted
the Army patrol at Brat Galla in Keri sector at around 12:15pm in which the
three soldiers were injured fatally," he said.
Major Ambadas, 32, belonged to Bhandara district in
Maharashtra and is survived by wife Avoli Moharkar, while Lance Naik Gurmail
Singh, 34, belonged to Amritsar district in Punjab and is survived by wife
Kuljit Kaur and a daughter.
Sepoy Pargat Singh, 30, belonged to Karnal district in
Haryana and is survived by wife Ramanpreet Kaur and a son, the Army has
informed.
"Major Ambadas, Lance Naik Gurmail and Sepoy Pargat
were brave and sincere soldiers. The nation will always remain indebted to them
for their supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty," an Army statement said.
In the last six months, the Indian forces have been given
instructions to avoid falling prey to ambushes from Pakistani forces or the
Border Attack Team (BAT) of Pakistan.
The Indian forces have been giving a fierce response to
Pakistani manoeuvres to
violate cease fire to facilitation infiltration across the LoC.