Kashmir: Cross border fire kills BSF head constable, teenage girl
Jammu, Jan 18 (IBNS): In a ceasefire violation by Pakistan rangers, a Border Security Force (BSF) head constable and a teenage girl were killed in Arnia Sector along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Thursday.
According to the official, the soldier was killed in the last night in an unprovoked fire from across the international Border in R S Pura Jammu.
The slain, hailed from Tamil Nadu, has been identified as head constable A Suresh of 78 Batallion.
The official said that a girl, identified as Sabity (aged about 13/14 yrs), daughter of Sat Pal, a resident of Dayala Chak Kathua, was also killed in the cross-border firing.
Meanwhile, the district administration has ordered the closure of all schools located within five-kilometer radius from the International Border in Jammu in view of cross-border firing.
(Reporting by Saleem Qadri)
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