As Pakistan continued cross-border shelling following an Indian strike on terrorist infrastructure, the Indian Military confirmed {that a} soldier had died on Wednesday.
“GOC and all ranks of White Knight Corps salute the supreme sacrifice of L/Nk Dinesh Kumar of 5 Fd Regt, who laid down his life on Might 7 throughout Pakistan Military shelling. We additionally stand in solidarity with all victims of the focused assaults on harmless civilians in Poonch sector,” the 16 Corps, Indian Military, posted on X.
The affirmation, which got here at round 11 pm, marked the top of a day of intense artillery strikes alongside the Line of Management, notably in Poonch. At the very least 12 civilians additionally died, whereas 40 have been injured, within the shelling.
#GOC and all ranks of #WhiteKnightCorps salute the supreme sacrifice of L/Nk Dinesh Kumar of 5 Fd Regt, who laid down his life on 07 Might 25 throughout Pakistan Military shelling.
We additionally stand in solidarity with all victims of the focused assaults on harmless civilians in #Poonch Sector.…— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) May 7, 2025
Officers mentioned the Indian Military is responding to the shelling in a befitting method. Because the Indian strikes in Pakistan and PoK, small arms fireplace has given technique to heavy artillery alongside the LoC.
Artillery fireplace was probably the most extreme in Krishna Ghati, Shahpur and Mankote in Poonch district, and Laam, Manjakote and Gambhir Brahmana in Rajouri.
Within the Valley
In Kashmir Valley, intense artillery fireplace from Pakistan hit villages within the Uri sector in north Kashmir’s Baramulla and the Tangdhar sector in Kupwara.
Officers mentioned that the artillery shells landed as deep as Gingal village, some 30 kilometres from Baramulla city, inflicting accidents to 11 folks, most of them in Salamabad close to the Uri city.
A resident of Uri mentioned that the artillery fireplace from Pakistan began on Tuesday night time. “At round 11 pm, we went contained in the bunkers,” he mentioned. “After a while, there was intense artillery fireplace. That is the worst because the ceasefire was renewed in 2021.”
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Officers mentioned that whereas the border residents have neighborhood and private underground bunkers, there have been extra accidents away from the border. He mentioned the Pakistani artillery shells landed in Kamalkote, Salamabad, Dachna and Gingal. An official mentioned that 15 homes have been broken.
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