Question : KILLING OF INDIAN SOLDIERS

(a) whether the Pakistani army personnel have attacked Indian army patrolling party and killed five jawans and injured others in Chakan Da Bagh area in Poonch sector recently;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) the number of defence personnel killed in such incidents during each of the last three years and the current year;

(d) the details of the assistance / facilities provided / proposed to be provided by the Government including ex-gratia payment to the next-of-kins of such martyrs; and

(e) the details of the steps taken / proposed to be taken by the Government for strengthening defence against such repeated intrusions / attacks by the neighbouring countries?

MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI A.K. ANTONY)

(a) & (b): In Poonch Sector, on the night of 5/6th August 2013, a group of the specialist troops of Pakistan Army from the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) side crossed the LC and attacked a patrol of Indian Army comprising one NCO and five Other Ranks. In the ensuing fire fight five of our brave soldiers were martyred and one soldier was injured.

(c): Details are as under:-

S.No.	Year	No. of defence personnel killed
1.	2010	09
2.	2011	05
3.	2012	03
4.	2013	09
(till 19th August, 2013)