JCO killed in Pak shelling in Kashmir

SRINAGAR :  A Junior Commission Officer (JCO) was killed when Pakistani troops resorted to indiscriminate and unprovoked shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri  sector this morning.

Official sources said Indian troops also retaliated and the exchange of fire continued for some time.

Casualty on the other side of the LoC was not known.

Further details are awaited.

(AGENCIES)