Indian troops kill Pak soldier who crossed LoC

New Delhi, 15 Feb 2013 (AFP): Indian troops have killed the Pakistani soldier who had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir to attack an Indian post, Army said on Friday.

 

The Indian Army has acceded to the Pakistan Army Director General of Military Operations request to return the body of the Pakistani soldier.

 

The Pakistan Army had on Thursday said that one of its soldiers had inadvertently crossed the LoC and contact was being established with Indian authorities for his return.

 

The Pakistani soldier lost his way on Thursday afternoon and inadvertently crossed the LoC, military officials said.

 

Contact was being established with Indian authorities for the soldier’s return, the officials said. Such incidents had happened on both sides in the past and were sorted out mutually, they said. The incident occurred even as the two sides traded fresh charges of ceasefire violations along the 742-km LoC.