2 BSF JAWANS, 4 CIVILIANS INJURED IN PAK SHELLING

JAMMU: Six people, including two BSF personnel, were injured in the overnight shelling and firing by Pakistan Rangers on Indian posts and forward villages in Samba and Jammu districts.

Continuous ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the international border and the Line of Control (LoC) have forced hundreds of border residents to flee their homes.

On Friday night, Pakistan’s border guards started the firing and around 9pm four mortar shells exploded near a police post at Treva in Arnia sub sector, said an intelligence official.

He said that Bamboo chak, Jerda and Jora Farm villages were once again targeted with mortar fire. In adjoining RS Pura sub sector Satowali , Suchetgarh and Bidhipur villages were shelled.

In Ramgarh sector in Samba, two Indian border guards suffered minor injuries in Pakistani firing. A Border Security Force officer said that firing stopped at around 5am on Saturday, adding that 20 border outposts in the area were affected.

He said Pakistan too suffered damage in the retaliatory firing . “There are a few areas of Pakistan which are clearly visible from our side. The damage is visible but the extent is not known”.

A BSF OFFICER SAID 20 BORDER OUTPOSTS WERE AFFECTED IN PAK CEASEFIRE VIOLATION AND THE INDIAN ARMY RESPONDED WITH RETALIATORY FIRE