Belagavi soldier killed in Pak ceasefire violation

Jammu: A soldier hailing from Belagavi was killed as Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday.

The martyred soldier is identified as Rahul Bairu Sulagekara (22).

Pakistan fired at forward posts along the LoC around 2.30 am in Krishnaghati sector in Poonch, in which the Army personnel was killed, the official said.

Indian troops carried out retaliatory firing, he added.