Jammu, Oct 8 (PTI) A woman was killed and 11 persons were injured as Pakistani troops targeted 50 security outposts?and three dozen hamlets with heavy mortar shelling and firing overnight along the entire 192-km international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Extending the ceasefire violations to new areas, Pakistan Rangers shelled border outposts (BoPs) and villages in Samba and Kathua along with Jammu during the night and the firing was continuing till this morning.
A woman was killed in the shelling in Jaladi village in Samba while 11 people, including three BSF personnel, were injured, a BSF spokespersons said today.
So far seven persons have been killed and nearly 70 injured in the escalation since October 1 with over 16,000 people migrating to safer areas in these districts.
“Pakistani Rangers again resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and heavy firing on BSF posts all along International Border (IB) since 2000 hours last night,” the spokesman said.
“As many as 50 BSF BoPs were affected by the fire from Pakistan side,” he said, adding that firing and shelling targeted areas along IB in Arnia, R S Pura, Kanachak and Pargwal sub-sectors along IB in Jammu and Samba districts.
Giving further details, he said almost all the BSF posts in Samba, Hiranagar belt of Kathua district were targeted by Pak Rangers.
The firing in some area of Arnia was still going on this morning, the spokesman said.
“BSF troops at all the places gave a strong and befitting reply to firing from Pakistan,” the spokesman said.
Along the Line of Control (LoC), the firing stopped late in the night in Mendhar and Poonch sectors after Indian forces retaliated. .