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| 8 civilians killed in ceasefire violations, 2 Pakistan soldiers killed in retaliation | | Govt orders closure of 174 schools situated along border, LoC in Jammu region | |  Early Times Report
Jammu/Samba, Nov 1:
Eight civilians, including two children in the age group of four to five, were killed on Tuesday when Pakistani Rangers resorted to heavy shelling in Ramgarh sector of Samba and Rajouri whereas 22 people have been injured.
Retaliating strongly, the Indian Army killed two Pakistani soldiers, while the BSF said it destroyed 14 posts of Pakistani Rangers along the International Border in Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Jammu province.
Ravinder Kour (19) of Jerda village was killed on Tuesday morning inside her house while she was cooking when a shell exploded nearby.
Hanju Devi and her children Rishav and Abdhi of Rangoor Camp in Ramgarh sector were killed when they were celebrating Bhai Dhooj at their village. Both Rishav and Abhi were in the age group of four to five. Sultan Begam, 70, and her daughter-in-law Maqbool, 28, died in Tarkundi area on Tuesday afternoon in heavy shelling on LoC in Rajouri.
One Marha Ram, 60, of Rangoor Camp, Ramgarh, who was injured in the shelling, was declared brought dead at GMC Jammu. Swarn Singh from Ramgarh sector's Govindgarh died of shock.
Ten more people have received splinter injuries; among them is a one-year-old boy who is serious and has been referred to Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu, where his condition is said to be critical. Pakistan officials said at least four people were killed and five injured in its part of Kashmir on Monday.
Since Tuesday morning, Pakistan Rangers have resorted to heavy shelling in Ramgarh sector in Samba district and Arnia sector in Jammu district by using 82 mm mortars and small arms.
Panic gripped the mendhar town today when it was hit by mortar shells which hit the house of Salma Kousar daughter of Mohd. Shabir of Bassoni balakote fired by Pak rengers across the LOC. The other shell exploded near the house of Zubida BI wife of Maroof resident of Mendhar injuring Zubida and her daughter Ruksana Bi.
All the injured were shifted to district hospital Rajouri where from Salma Kousar was refreed to GMCH Jammu for specialized treatment as she was inured critically.
Resentment was brewing among the locals who accompanied that there was war like situation on the borders and our district hospitals have defunct ambulances which were lying in the hospital premises.
District Development commissioner MH Malik along with SSP Poonch JS Johar visited the hospital and took the stock of the situation. When asked why ambulances were in defunct condition lying in district hospitals , DDC told Early Times that chief medical officer has been directed to look into the matter and take steps immediately to rectify the defunct services.
Meanwhile Tehsildar Mendhar has announced RS 3000 for injured in todays shelling , sources said.
In the wake of heavy Pakistani shelling, the government has ordered closure of all the 174 government and private schools situated along the IB and LoC in Jammu.
The schools shall remain closed till further orders, Deputy Commissioner of Jammu Simrandeep Singh said.
He said the order shall apply to all government as well as private schools in the areas near the IB and LoC and the chief education officer (CEO) Jammu has been asked to ensure compliance of the order. There have been more that 60 ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC and IB in the state since surgical strikes against terror launch pads by the Indian Army in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. |
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