500 people migrate amid shelling by Pakistan in Uri
JAMMU: Targeting of civilian facilities by the Pakistani Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri sector has forced some 500 people to abandon their homes and migrate elsewhere, a top officer said on Friday.
Director General of Police SP Vaid said: “Due to firing, shelling from across the border areas of Uri about 500 people migrated to safer areas.
“Deputy Commissioner, Senior Superintendent of Police were on the spot looking after the people,” he said.
The Pakistani Army has been violating the bilateral ceasefire agreement on the LoC with impunity since the beginning of 2018.
Panic gripped residents of border villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday when Pakistan army made loudspeaker announcements asking people living near the Line of Control (LoC) to move to safer areas.
The announcements were made by Pakistan army using public address systems when heavy shelling and firing was going on in the Uri sector between Indian and Pakistan soldiers.
Authorities in Baramulla district have pressed ambulances and other modes of conveyance into service to shift people living in these areas to safer places. Already around 500 people have already left behind their homes, cattle and fields to move away from areas close to the LoC in Uri sector.
Reports said some houses have been badly damaged by Pakistan shelling in Silikote and Churanda villages of Uri tehsil.