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    Pakistan ceasefire violation: ‘We continue to live in fear… who do we approach for relief’

    Written by Arun Sharma | Jammu | Published: May 23, 2018 4:05:10 am

    J-K ceasefire violation, Jammu and Kashmir ceasefire violation, BSF jawan killed, BSF jawan, Pakistan Rangers, LoC, R S Pura Sector, India News, Indian Express, Indian Express News The eight-month-old baby is one of the seven people who were killed in the latest spate of ceasefire violation by . (File)

    Gopal Dass and his family, including his eight-month-old son Nitin, were sleeping on the verandah of their house in Jammu and Kashmir's Battal village on Sunday as usual when they woke up to sharp cries of the infant. Thinking that Nitin may have wet the bed, Dass's wife tried to change the child's diapers only to find it was soaked in blood.

    As there are no landline or mobile phone facilities in the villages along the Line of Control (LoC), a panic-stricken Dass walked for almost three kilometres to arrange a vehicle to take his son to a nearby hospital on Sunday night. “At Akhnoor, doctors declared him brought dead… They said he might have been hit by some knife. When we returned home, we found a bullet lying underneath the bed on which Nitin was sleeping,” a shocked Dass said.

    As per an , Nitin died after he was hit by a bullet during a ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Akhnoor near the Line of Control. “We continue to in fear as there is firing from across the border almost daily,” Dass said. “However, no…

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