Two BSF men among 5 injured in Pak shelling

Amir Karim Tantray

Tribune News Service

Jammu, September 23

On a day when India cornered Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Pakistani Rangers pounded several villages on the International Border (IB) leaving five persons injured.

These include BSF constables Rajesh Kumar and Sipual Vermal of 176 Batallion in Ramgarh sector of Samba district and civilians Pushpinder Singh, Subash Kumar and Vandana Devi in Satowali village of RS Pura sector of Jammu district.

As Pakistan was facing the heat at the UNGA, its Rangers widened the shelling area and targeted RS Pura and Ramgarh sectors as well. Since September 13, only Arnia sector was targeted but last night, seven villages of Ramgarh sector and several villages of RS Pura sector also came under target. The injured BSF jawans were first admitted to a Ramgarh hospital and later shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu. A PRO of the BSF said, “Around 9.30 pm on Friday, Pakistan Rangers suddenly started heavy, unprovoked firing in Arnia sector and resorted to heavy shelling later on. The BSF gave a calibrated response by equal and more measures.”

“Firing and shelling continued till 5 am today and affected more than 20 border outposts,” he added. Meanwhile, on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, an eight-year-old boy, Muhammad Suhail, was injured in Pakistani shelling last evening. The Pakistani Army had opened heavy shelling last evening. (With inputs from Vishal Jasrotia)