Second BSF Trooper Succumbs To Injury After Cross-Border Firing Along IB In Jammu

<p>New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) The BSF on Sunday said a second trooper was killed in action after Pakistan initiated cross-border firing in the Jammu region a day ago.</p> <p>"Constable Deepak Chimngakham sustained fatal injuries during cross-border firing along the International Boundary in R S Pura area, Jammu district, on May 10, and attained martyrdom on May 11," the Border Security Force (BSF) said in a social media post.</p> <p>The BSF director general and all ranks express their deepest condolences to his family, it said.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">DG BSF and All Ranks salute the supreme sacrifice made by Constable Deepak Chingakham in the line of duty. <br /><br />He was injured in cross border fire by Pakistan on 10th May 2025 along the International Boundary in R S Pura area, Jammu. He succumbed to his injuries today on 11th May&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/W7NLLzBek1">pic.twitter.com/W7NLLzBek1</a></p> &mdash; BSF (@BSF_India) <a href="https://twitter.com/BSF_India/status/1921597944052248814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>Eight troopers of the BSF's 7th Battalion were injured in Saturday's shelling and sub-inspector Mohammed Imteyaz later succumbed to his injuries.</p> <p>A wreath-laying ceremony was held with full military honours at the BSF's frontier headquarters in Jammu's Paloura on Sunday for Imteyaz.</p> <p>His last rites will be performed at his native Narayanpur village in Bihar's Saran district on Monday.</p> <p>A similar wreath-laying ceremony to honour Chimngakham will be held at the BSF's frontier headquarters on Monday.</p> <p>The firing between BSF and Pakistani forces took place after India launched <a title="Operation Sindoor" href="https://ift.tt/eC1qFSv" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Operation Sindoor</a> following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.</p> <p>The military operation by the Indian Armed Forces was launched on May 7 and nine terror infrastructures were destroyed in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). All subsequent retaliations to Pakistani offensives were carried out as part of this operation.</p> <p>The two countries reached an agreement to stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea on Saturday after four days of cross-border strikes that triggered fears of a wider conflict.&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)<br /></strong></em></p>

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