One Pakistani Ranger was killed and another injured in retaliatory firing on Thursday along the International Border in the RS Pura and Arnia sectors in Jammu, the BSF said.
One BSF officer who was injured in heavy firing by Pakistani troops succumbed to his injuries on Thursday. Six civilians were also injured in the firing.
The shelling along with firing exchanges started late Wednesday night and continued on Thursday.
Shelling and firing exchanges took place in Korotana Kurd, Bidipur, Jattan, Abdullian, Chandu Chak, Shamka and Hansu Chak areas, police said.
The deceased, BSF officer AK Upadhayay, was injured when a shell fired by Pakistan Rangers exploded near him. He received splinter injures.
The Pakistani side also violated ceasefire in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday.
At Least 10 Injured in 2 Days
In the past two days, at least 10 people mostly women have been injured in the cross-border firing in the RS Pura sector.
The Pakistan Rangers resorted to heavy shelling and use of small arm fire in RS Pura sector. Fire was mainly concentrated in RS Pura sector, heavy firing continued up to 11:30 pm. There was intermittent fire in Arnia also.
A BSF spokesman said the BSF was giving a "befitting reply", to the Pakistani fire.
Intermittent firing was going on in several areas of RS Pura sector, with BSF "responding well" to the Pakistani fire.
Pakistani posts also targeted civilian areas including Sai Kalan, Bure Jaal, Treva and Arnia. Shelling opened up in Sai Kalan also, Arnia also came under shelling from 01:30 am. People were inside their houses, so no human casualty. Though the government has issued an advisory and all the educational institutions near the international border have been closed in the wake of the firing from across the border, people were migrating to safer locations.Simrandeep Singh, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jammu
"In the wake of the heavy firing border residents are migrating to safer locations, whenever there is lull, they leave their houses to shift to either safe camps or to their relatives’ houses at safer locations", Singh said.
Those injured in the cross-border shelling have been identified as Shakshi, 12, Manju Choudhary,15, Veena, 26, Soma Devi, 40, Kamlesh Kumari, 28, Sanjana,10, Ratno Devi, 60, Ramesh Kumar — all residents of Suchetgarh.
Daljit Kour of Chanduchak and Ram Lal of Floora village in the RS Pura sector were also injured in the firing.
A six-year-old boy and a BSF Jawan were killed in the cross-border shelling in the RS Pura sector on 24 October.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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