28-year-old Constable Koli Nitin Subhash, hailing from Sangli in Maharashtra, was martyred this morning in firing by Pakistani security forces, a BSF official said. Subhash had joined BSF in 2008 and is survived by his wife and two sons aged four years and two years. Four army and three BSF personnel have died in the latest escalation along the boundary with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. "Subhash was injured due to recoil and was admitted to a medical facility where he succumbed late last night," the official said. Earlier, a top BSF official had said that the jawan was killed today in firing by Pakistani troops. BSF yesterday said that it killed 15 Pakistani soldiers till now in retaliatory firing along IB. Two civilians were killed and as many injured yesterday after Pakistani troops had pounded civilian areas and forward India posts with 120 mm mortar shells and automatic weapons in Jammu, Kathua, Poonch and Rajouri districts.
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