Jammu and Kashmir: Villagers flee from home after heavy shelling
Terror seems to have returned to the Indo-Pak border areas in Jammu and Kashmir, where heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan Rangers since the past twelve hours, has triggered migration from the affected border villages. (Photo: AP)- The Indo-Pak border witnessing the worst escalation of ceasefire violations during August to October which left 13 people, including 2 security personnel dead. (Photo: PTI)
- Over 550 incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan occurred in 2014, the highest since the truce came into force in 2003. (Photo: AP)
- The border dwellers continue to live under constant fear that frequent ceasefire violations would terminate the decade old truce agreement, putting their lives in peril. (Photo: PTI)
- The distraught people in long serpentine lines were seen leaving from the border hamlets in bull-carts, trucks, tempos and tractor trolleys. (Photo: PTI)
- It comes barely two months after the last major escalation that left 13 people dead and displaced 32,000 border residents. (Photo: PTI)
- The latest round of firing by Pakistan which started on New Year eve has left two persons dead, including a BSF jawan and nine injured while five Pakistani Rangers have been killed in retaliatory firing by India. (Photo: PTI)
- The fresh ceasefire violations have triggered migration from border villages and over 1000 people have been evacuated from hamlets in Kathua and Samba districts, officials said. (Photo: PTI)
Terror seems to have returned to the Indo-Pak border areas in Jammu and Kashmir, where heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan Rangers since the past twelve hours, has triggered migration from the affected border villages. (Photo: AP)
Jammu and Kashmir: Villagers flee from home after heavy shelling
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