Jammu: One teenage girl was killed and four others were injured Tuesday as BSF and Pakistani Rangers exchanged heavy gunfire and shelling along the border in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
"Pakistani Rangers started firing with small arms followed by mortars at one place and further spread to four or five places in Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Samba and Jammu district from 0630 hours," DIG BSF (G) Dharmendra Pareek said.
They fired 82 mm mortar bombs intermittently, Pareek said, adding, BSF gave them a befitting reply.
“A girl Ravinder Kour,18, daughter of Jorawar singh of Jerda village died after a Pakistani shell exploded in kitchen of their house this morning,” SHO Ramgarh, Suraj Pathania said
Six persons have been injured in the ceasefire violations since yesterday.
At 0710 hours, three mortar shells landed in border village of Pindi in Arnia sector of Jammu district, injuring four persons identified as Bodraj (44), Niky, Dharana Devi and Chanchla Devi (49), he said.
Two women, Robiya Kouser (28) and Tasveer Bi (24), were injured in Pakistani shelling in Mendhar sector of Poonch district last evening and have been hospitalised, police said.
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