The Rangers were using long-range mortars which were falling as far as Pargwal town nearly 10 km away from the border. (Representational)
Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed and three civilians including a woman injured as Pakistani Rangers resorted to unprovoked mortar shelling on forward Indian positions and civilian areas along the international border in Pargwal area of Jammu in the wee hours of Sunday. The ceasefire violation comes just a week after the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of both India and Pakistan agreed to implement the ceasefire pact in ‘letter and spirit.'
Identifying the deceased as ASI S N Yadav and constable P K Pandey, sources said that initially small arms fire came from across the border around 2.15 am, which later heightened to mortar shelling. A police official in the area said that the Rangers were using long-range mortars which were falling as far as Pargwal town nearly 10 km away from the border.
The panic-stricken villagers were staying indoors as they were unable to move to safer places in view of intense shelling in the area, sources said, adding that over a dozen villages were hit by the shelling. The…
