Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC, five Army personnel injured

Rajouri Pakistan on Tuesday violated ceasefire as they resorted to heavy shelling at around 12 to 15 places along the Line of Control LoC leaving five Indian Army personnel injuredThe shelling began hours after the Indian Air Force carried out air strikes targetting terror launch pads in Pakistans Balakot and eliminating a large number of terrorists including top commanders of the terror group which attacked the CRPF convoy in Pulwama 12 days backAs per the Indian Army retaliatory firing resulted in severe destruction and a number of casualties to Pakistan Army personnelPakistani troops were seen firing mortars and missiles from civilian houses using villagers as human shields However the Indian Army targeted Pakistani posts away from civilian localities the Army saidAmong the five Army soldiers who suffered injuries two of them were evacuated to Military Hospital for medical treatment Their condition is said to be stableIn a swift operation launched at around 330 am on Tuesday and completed within minutes 12 Mirage2000 fighter jets pounded the training centre housing around 300Acirc terrorists in Balakot area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with six bombs while SU30 combat aircraft maintained air superiority to ward off any retaliation by the Pakistan Air Force sources saidThe camp located in a forest area atop a hill was headed by JaisheMohammed chief Masood Azhars brotherinlaw Yusuf Azhar alias Ustad Gauri who was involved in the 1999 hijack of Indian Airlines plane IC814 and was on Interpol lookout notice since 2000A large number of JeM terrorists including top commanders trainers and thoseAcirc terrorists who were to be the fidayeen suicide attackers were eliminated in the nonmilitary air strike Indias Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale told media while officially disclosing information about the air strike hours after the actionSources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa kept a watch on the operations throughout the night till all the jets returned safely Later the Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security CCS which took stock of the situation arising out of the actionIntelligence sources said the IAF demolished the entire terror set up at the suicide bombing training centre in Balakot and over 300 terrorists were targetedAmong the targets were Maulana Ammar who is associated with Afghanistan and Kashmir operations and Maulana Talha Saif brother of Maulana Masood Azhar and head of suicide bomber preparation wing the intelligence sources said Mufti Azhar Khan Kashmiri head of Kashmir operations and Ibrahim Azhar elder brother of Masood Azhar were also targetted the sources addedPictures provided by the Intelligence sources showed flags of the United States United Kingdom and Israel painted on staircases at the campCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever