India, Pakistan border row: We can retaliate unlike Gujarat victims, tweets Bilawal Bhutto

New Delhi/Jammu: Even as India and Pakistan are locked in a bitter border row after continous ceasefire violations, PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto has triggered another controversy.

The controversial leader, who had recently created a furore by saying that every inch of Kashmir belongs to Pakistan, attacked Indian PM Narendra Modi for violations across the border.

Bhutto tweeted ‘India adopting Israel model vs Pakistan. Modi must realize we can retaliate unlike his victims from Gujarat.’

Meanwhile, ceasefire violations escalated on Tuesday night with Pakistani troops targeting over 60 Border Out Posts and 25 border hamlets with heavy mortar shells in Jammu sector.

Two people were killed in the shelling in Jaladi village in Samba while 20 people, including three BSF personnel, were injured, a BSF spokespersons said on Wednesday.

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Reportedly, Indian forces have been asked to retaliate heavily to firing from Pakistan and reject talks until all firing stops along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir.

Extending the ceasefire violations to new areas, Pakistan Rangers shelled border outposts (BoPs) and villages in Samba and Kathua along with Jammu during the night and the firing was continuing till Wednesday morning.

Military officials of India and Pakistan discussed on the hotline the cross-border firing in Jammu and Kashmir but there were no signs of a solution.

So far seven persons have been killed and nearly 70 injured in the escalation since October 1 with over 16,000 people migrating to safer areas in these districts.

"Pakistani Rangers again resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling and heavy firing on BSF posts all along International Border (IB) since 2000 hours last night," the spokesman said.

"As many as 50 BSF BoPs were affected by the fire from Pakistan side," he said, adding that firing and shelling targeted areas along IB in Arnia, R S Pura, Kanachak and Pargwal sub-sectors along IB in Jammu and Samba districts.

Giving further details, he said almost all the BSF posts in Samba, Hiranagar belt of Kathua district were targeted by Pakistan Rangers.

Along the Line of Control (LoC), the firing stopped late in the night in Mendhar and Poonch sectors after Indian forces retaliated.

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There has been heavy firing and mortar shelling over 25 to 27 border hamlets in forward areas of Jammu district since last night, District Magistrate Jammu Ajeet Kumar Sahu said.

He said nine people have been injured in Jammu border areas. "Several cattle too have perished in the firing and over a dozen injured," he said.

Over 15,000 people have migrated from border hamlets along IB in Jammu to safer places due to the firing and shelling, the DM said, adding that relief camps have been set up for them.

Over 1500 to 2000 people have also migrated from forward villages along IB in Samba and Kathua districts.

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On October 3, Pakistani troops and rangers violated ceasefire in Gulamarg sector of Kashmir Valley and in Poonch and Jammu sectors in which a girl was killed and six persons were injured.