\ Jammu, Oct 28 (PTI) Pakistani troops continued the\ceasefire violations today with firing and mortar shelling on\Indian posts and civilian areas along the LoC and\international border in Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts,\leaving a girl injured.\ BSF and Army have responded \\"appropriately and\befittingly\\" a defence spokesman said.\ \\"There was unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan\Army in Sunderbani, Pallanwala and Nowshera sectors of Rajouri\and Jammu districts today,\\" the spokesman said.\ They used small arms, automatics, 82 mm mortars and 120\mm mortars in the firing and shelling, he said.\ \\"They are being responded appropriately and befittingly.\No casualties to our troops have been reported,\\" he said.\ Firing and shelling continued overnight along the\international border.\ \\"At 1720 hour yesterday, Pakistan Rangers started\unprovoked heavy firing and helling in Katgus Sector of Jammu\which further spread to Hiranagar and Samba.\ \\"It continued till 0500 hours till today in area of 24\BSF posts,\\" a senior BSF officer said, adding the BSF\responded strongly after which the firing stopped.\ \\"Some Pakistani posts and villages have suffered heavy\damage, he said.\ On the Indian side, a girl was injured in the ceasefire\violation, the officer said.\ Yesterday, a Pakistani Ranger was killed and another\injured in the retaliatory firing by BSF, as Pakistani troops\heavily shelled five sectors along LoC and IB in J&K in which\one BSF jawan died and 13 other civilians were injured.\ While Pakistani troops pounded BoPs and hamlets along IB\in Kathua, Hiranagar sectors (Kathua), R S Pura and Arnia\sectors (Jammu) and Samba sector, they also targeted forward\Indian posts and villages along LOC in Krishnagati, Balakote\and Mankote sectors (Poonch) and Sunderbani sector (Rajouri)\yesterday.\ Since surgical strikes by army on terror launch pads in\PoK on September 28-29, five Indians, including four security\personnel, have been killed and 34 injured in ceasefire\violations.\ On October 21, BSF killed seven Pak rangers and a\terrorist opposite to Hiranagar sector along In in Kathua, in\which one BSF jawan was injured.\ On October 25, at least 2-3 Pakistani armymen are\believed to have been killed in retaliatory firing by Indian\troops in the Noushera sector of Rajouri district. PTI AB\RT\
Pak violates ceasefire in Jammu, Rajouri,Kathua; girl injured
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