Srinagar: Five  Soldiers of 21 Bihar Regiment of Indian Army were killed  by Pakistani troops who tried to infiltrate into Indian Territory by crossing the line-of-control (LoC) in Poonch District of Jammu
Reports say that on Tuesday Morning,  20 Pakistani troops have entered  Sarla in frontier Poonch District, around 185 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir, to carry out the deadly attack.
A subedar and four jawans of the 21 Bihar Unit were killed in the attack which took place at around 2am, the sources said.
The names of Soldiers killed in the attack are,
- Nayak Premnath Singh, 21 Bihar Regiment
- Lansnayak Sambhu Saran, 21 Bihar Regiment
- Sepoy Vinay Kumar,  21 Bihar Regiment
- Sepoy Raghunandan Prasad, Â 21 Bihar Regiment
- Nayak Pundalik Mane, Maharashtra Regiment
The issue rocked Parliament on Tuesday with members in both Houses demanding a strong response from the government. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wrote on his Twitter account that he was briefed about the killings in morning.
“Was briefed early this morning about news that five of our soldiers had been killed on the LoC. My heartfelt condolences to their next of kin,” Abdullah tweeted.
The incident comes hours after a BSF jawan was injured in firing from across Indo-Pak border in Samba district of J&K.
On July 27, another BSF jawan was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire twice in the space of 10 hours by targeting Indian posts along the Indo-Pak border in Poonch and Kathua districts.
The Pakistani troops had used mortars, RPGs and heavy machine guns leading to heavy firing exchanges.
On July 3, Pakistan violated ceasefire when it fired on cops, who had gone to LoC in Sabzian, Poonch to collect the body of a Pakistani intruder killed in an IED blast on July 1.
Pakistani troops fired on troops trying to evacuate injured porters after two were killed in IED attack by Pakistani militants along LoC in Poonch on July 8.
On July 12, Pakistani Rangers fired on Indian forward posts in Pindi belt along international border (IB) in Jammu district.
Pakistani troops opened small arms firing on Indian posts in forward area along LoC in Poonch district on the night of July 22.