Pakistan fires at 25 border posts, targets 19 villages and after calling for DGMO meet over LoC firing, Pakistan violates ceasefire again

            Inspector Mr. Rajesh Sharma from Jammu frontiers “said” that the Pakistan to defuse tension but India will attack return in equal measure if it is fired.

         Pakistan rangers started firing at 10.00 PM Saturday night the firing continued till early morning Sunday 7.00 AM India also fire back attack action equally. The Two people were killed and seven others injured early Saturday in heavy firing and 3 cows were killed in Treva Border.

            A police officer had told a news agency that two villagers, identified as Muhammad Akram and his 13-year-old son Aslam, were killed and seven people, including Akram`s wife, his three children and a Border Security Force (BSF) constable, were injured in heavy firing by the Pakistan Rangers in Jodafarm village of RS Pura sector.

       Later, Indian and Pakistani officers held a flag meet on the zeroline in Samba district. They said that the meeting started at 2.30pm and end around an hour.  "The BSF raised the issue of cross-border firing with their counterparts, the cultivation of ‘sarkanda’ on the other side of the fence, which creates problems for the troops to maintain vigil on the border," they said.

           Defense minister Arun Jaitley had last week asked Pakistan to stop ceasefire violations for normalization of ties.  "For the situation to normalize, I think it is extremely important that these kinds of violations which are taking place along the LoC must stop. That in it is a confidence building measure before any country can proceed further," he had said.

"Our Army is prepared to respond to each violation. The country has full faith that (Army) are effectively protecting both the territory and the national interest, "Arun  Jaitley told the media "The loss of civilian lives is considered condemnable even in war. During peace, it is even more condemnable."

Jammu Divisional Commissioner Shantanu later said that firing with heavy weapons on 17 BSF border outposts in the RS Pura and Arnia sectors of the international border had earlier stopped in the afternoon.

“About 1,000 people who left their villages close to the international border Friday are still camped in contingency accommodations provided by the state government,” he added.

"We have around 25 villages those are close to the international border in Arnia area and contingency plans are in place to provide relief to these people if an emergency arises," he said.

All the injured people have been shifted to the Jammu Medical College for treatment.

Under the state government`s planning, the villagers have been temporarily accommodated in two government high school buildings and an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) building in RS Pura.

The divisional commissioner also held a meeting of senior officials including inspectors general of state police, BSF, senior officials of the intelligence agencies and administration in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, authorities have suspended the superintendent of the ITI for her failure to unlock the gates of the institute on Friday for the villagers who had migrated to safety from three villages close to the international border in Arnia.

 

Dolly Arora

Student

PGDMC -1ST

 NBA Group of Institute 

New Delhi