The overnight attacks by Pakistani forces that has left five people dead have triggered panic among the border villagers. ‘We have not seen such an attack of mortar bombs and heavy firing in the past several decades, even not during the August ceasefire violations. It was the worst attack on civilian areas’, Kulbushan Kumar, a resident of Arnia town, said. Such was the intensity of the firing and shelling that 82mm mortar shells landed in Mahasha da Kote and Arnia town, which is around 5km away from the international border in Jammu district.
Carcasses of animals killed due to splinter injuries are also seen strewn in Kaku di Kotha and other areas. ‘Arnia town, which we considered a safe place, has also been hit by scores of mortars that killed one person Ram Lal,’ Kumar said.
Most of the houses in Mahasha Kote, Pindi, Koku di Kotha and Channa village were hit by the bullets and splinters of mortar shells, which tore roof tops and walls of several houses besides breaking windows and doors.
‘It is the worst attack. Five people have been killed and 26 others were injured in firing and shelling in Arnia belt,’ subdivisional police officer Devender Singh said. Singh, who led the police rescue team and shifted the injured to the hospital even as firing continued, said, ‘Such firing has not been seen in the past. We have evacuated border villagers to safer places. Pakistan can’t be trusted.’ Bamroo Devi, who lost four members of her family in Mahasha Kote village, is seen weeping besides the blood stained beds of her house which was hit by mortars.
Carcasses of animals killed due to splinter injuries are also seen strewn in Kaku di Kotha and other areas. ‘Arnia town, which we considered a safe place, has also been hit by scores of mortars that killed one person Ram Lal,’ Kumar said.
Most of the houses in Mahasha Kote, Pindi, Koku di Kotha and Channa village were hit by the bullets and splinters of mortar shells, which tore roof tops and walls of several houses besides breaking windows and doors.
‘It is the worst attack. Five people have been killed and 26 others were injured in firing and shelling in Arnia belt,’ subdivisional police officer Devender Singh said. Singh, who led the police rescue team and shifted the injured to the hospital even as firing continued, said, ‘Such firing has not been seen in the past. We have evacuated border villagers to safer places. Pakistan can’t be trusted.’ Bamroo Devi, who lost four members of her family in Mahasha Kote village, is seen weeping besides the blood stained beds of her house which was hit by mortars.