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Uneasy calm again on international border in Jammu
Jammu, Jan 30
An uneasy calm again prevailed
on the international border in Jammu district Friday as tension was
palpable in Arnia and R.S. Pura towns because of shelling by Pakistan
Rangers.
The shelling injured three people, including two men and a woman, in Arnia town Thursday evening.
They have been admitted to government medical college hospital in winter capital Jammu.
Pakistani
mortar shells had hit a school and a residential house in Arnia town
which is 3.5 kilometres away from the international border.
Pakistan's
shelling was retaliated by Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and
both sides exchanged fire for more than six hours.
A senior police officer who visited Arnia Friday said things were returning to normal in the town as well as in R.S. Pura.
"Things
are fast returning to normal after yesterday's firing by Pakistan
rangers in which three persons were injured. Pakistan shells hit a
school building, a residential house and another structure in Arnia
yesterday resulting in injuries to three persons", the officer said.
The
brunt of Pakistan firing on the international border in Jammu, Samba
and Kathua districts is borne by villagers living close to the border in
these districts.
"Our lives are thrown upside down by these
firing incidents. Besides endangering our lives, agricultural
activities, education of children, livestock and other routine
activities of life are all being held hostage by these firing
incidents", said Baldev, 46, a resident of R.S. Pura town.