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Pak violations unabated, two more Indians killed

Over 3000 people living in border hamlets have been evacuated to safe areas under a contingency plan, enforced on Saturday after the latest ceasefire violation by Pakistan soon after midnight targeting the entire border belt of Arnia and RS Pura as well as Hamirpur sub-sector in Poonch.

The BSF troops took positions and responded with equal calibre weapons to Pakistani firing which resulted in heavy exchange of fire till 0700 hours, a senior BSF officer said. ‘Pak Rangers resorted to heavy shelling of 82-mm mortars and firing of automatic weaponry on 22 BoPs and civilian areas along IB in Arnia and R S Pura sub-sectors of Jammu district from 0030 hours today,’ the officer said. In Jora farm, Akram Hussain and his son Aslam were killed and three other family members were injured when a Pak shell exploded inside their house after tearing the roof, Sub Divisional Police officer (SDPO), R S Pura, Devender Singh, said.

There was a heavy onslaught of 82-mm mortar shells by Pak Rangers on atleast 13 border hamlets triggering panic among the people living along the border. Pakistan on Saturday said the Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan should meet to address the ongoing border tension, local media reported.  
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