New Delhi: A 70-year-old woman was among two persons injured as Pakistani Rangers opened fire and lobbed mortars along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir early on Tuesday, triggering panic among border residents and forcing many to take shelter in government-run camps.
“The cross-border firing and shelling continued unabated and has spread to all sectors from Akhnoor to Samba along the IB,” a senior BSF official told agency.
He said BSF troops guarding the border retaliated effectively and exchanges between the two sides were continuing when reports last came in.
Inspector General of Police, Jammu, SD Singh Jamwal said one person was injured in the fresh firing in the worst-hit Arnia sector of Jammu district.
Madan Lal Bhagat, a resident of Pindi Charkan village of Arnia, was hit by splinters in the abdomen and foot after a mortar shell hit his house in the early hours today, the officials said adding he has been admitted to the Government Medical College.
Police said a 70-year-old woman identified as Kaushalya Devi was also injured in the firing.