Pakistan Rangers are using mortar shells and heavy weapons to target over a dozen villages and BSF outposts along the border in Samba district.
Pakistan Rangers on Sunday indulged in indiscriminate shelling and firing to target over a dozen villages and Border Security Force outposts along the international border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving six people injured, police said.
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“Pakistan Rangers are using mortar shells and heavy weapons to target over a dozen villages and BSF outposts along the border in Samba district,” a senior police officer said.
“The targeted outposts include Khoada, Mangu Chak, Ragal, Challyarian, SP 4 and Malu Chak in Ramgarh sector. The BSF gave an effective response and heavy shelling and firing was still on,” he said.
“Pakistan Rangers used 81 mm and 82 mm mortars to target over two dozen villages and nearly 30 border outposts of the BSF (Border Security Force) during the night,” a senior police officer said in Jammu.
“The shelling and firing continued well past midnight.
Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Samba sector of J&K,border villagers shifted to safer areas & given medical help pic.twitter.com/HlioV8q43r
— ANI (@ANI_news) October 26, 2015
Extensive damage has been caused to civilian property in Pakistan shelling, the office added.
A mini bus belonging to Pardeep Singh was damaged in Bobiya village while another villager Daljit Singh lost his cow and a buffalo calf.
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“Pakistan shelling has affected almost entire international border from Arnia sub-sector in Jammu district, entire Samba district and parts of Kathua district causing damage to houses, roads and agricultural fields,” the police officer said.
The officer also said that BSF has been appropriately and effectively retaliating Pakistani shelling and firing.
Due to fear and panic, villagers started migrating from many villages on the international border since Sunday evening.
The administration has set up makeshift camps in school buildings for these people away from the international border.
THIRTY Border posts across 3 districts targeted, civilians injured & livestock killed. This isn’t a minor ceasefire violation at all!
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) October 26, 2015